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Municipality of Wilnsdorf (Germany)

Gemeinde Wilnsdorf, Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein, Northrhine-Westphalia

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Jul 2010
approved 9 May 1973

Banner
Coat of Arms

See also:

County and Municipal Flags (Northrhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Siegen-Wittgenstein County
Northrhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Germany

Banner

Description of banner:
It is a blue - yellow - blue vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.552
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Jul 2010

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per pale. Above is a half, golden(=yellow), rampant lion, armed and tongued red in a blue field scattered with golden(=yellow) shingles. Below the field is chequered ten times into silver(=white) and black.
Meaning:
According to source the lion indicates, that the municpality had been part of the principality of Nassau-Siegen. The chequered board is taken from the arms of local family of Kolbe von Wilnsdorf, which played a role in 13th century and died out in 1626.
Source: : Veddeler 2003, p.247
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Jul 2010

The banner was approved by Regierungspräsident Arnsberg on 9 May 1973, the coat of arms on 2 July 1970.

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