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3:5 
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Nov 2007
Description of flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a horizontal white over red over white flag. The ratio between the stripes is 1:3:1. The coat of arms is within the red stripe shifted to the hoist.
Description of coat of arms:
In a silver (=white) shield is a black cross, touching all edges with a red diamond in each quarter and a fifth diamond in the centre of the cross. In other words: the diamonds are placed in quincunx.
Meaning:
The cross is the symbol of the archbishopric and electorate of Köln. The diamondss (German: Rauten) are symbolizing the city's name. Some people say that Karl I the Great granted the diamondss as a symbol of the five wounds of Jesus Christ. This must be however an urban legend, because the coat of arms was unknown before the 12th century.
Authorized: 19 August 1976 by Regierungspräsident Arnsberg
Veddeler 2003, p.501
Note: This one is probably the current flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Nov 2007
![[Rüthen new flag]](../images/d/de-so1rt.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Nov 2007
Description of banner:
It is a white-red-white banner. The ratio between the vertical stripes is 1:3:1. The coat of arms is within the red stripe shifted to the top.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Nov 2007
![[Rüthen city flag]](../images/d/de-so-rt.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jun 2007
It is a horizontal red over black over white tricolour.
Source: Stadler 1972, p.89
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jun 2007
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