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Municipalty of Windeck (Germany)

Gemeinde Windeck, Rhein-Sieg Kreis, Northrhine-Westphalia

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2010
approved 5 December 1973

Banner
Coat of Arms

See also:

County and Municipal Flags (Northrhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Rhein-Sieg Kreis [SU]
Northrhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Germany

Banner

Description of banner:
It is a blue - white - blue vertical triband with ratio 1:4:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: §2(4) of Hauptsatzung of the municipality of Windeck, version 27 September 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2010

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per fess. Above is a red, statant lion armed, crowned and tongued blue in a silver(=white) field. Below in a blue field is a warrior dressed in silver(=white) armour and moving a silver(=white) axe with a golden(=yellow) shaft.
Meaning:
According to Ralf Hartemink's webpage the warrior is taken from a local seal of 1557. The lion is representing the counts and dukes of Berg, the former rulers.
Source: §2(4) of Hauptsatzung of the municipality of Windeck, version 27 September 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2010

The banner was approved by Regierungspräsident Köln on 5 December 1973, the coat of arms on 4 May 1972.

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