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Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Holzwickede flag]](../images/d/de-un-hw.gif)
3:5 
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jul 2011
Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a red over white horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.421
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jul 2011
![[Holzwickede banner]](../images/d/de-un_hw.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jul 2011
Description of banner:
It is a red - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.421
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jul 2011
Description of coat of arms:
In a golden (=yellow) field is a green oak tree. The base is a Markian chequered bar.
Meaning:
According to source the oak tree is the so called Hilgenbaum, the municipality's landmark, with stood at a crossing of four main roads until 1902. The Markian bar, symbolizing the counts of Mark, the former rulers, had been added in 1938.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.151-152
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jul 2011
Flag, banner and coat of arms were approved by Regierungspräsident Arnsberg on 7 October 1971.
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