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This page lists the municipal flags of Western Germany. It is a part of the Lists of German municipal flags, which is split into regions due to its size.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2021)

Index by state

Click the states to browse the municipal flags Baden-
Württemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern Lower
Saxony North Rhine-
Westphalia Rhineland-
Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-
Anhalt Schleswig-
Holstein ThuringiaLuxembourg Poland France Denmark Netherlands Belgium Austria Czech Republic SwitzerlandNorth
Sea Baltic Sea

North Rhine-Westphalia

Main article: North Rhine-Westphalia

Cities

Municipality Flag Coat of arms Enactment Date Description Ref.
Aachen
16th century A black-yellow horizontal striped flag. The coats of arms has a black eagle on a gold background in its coat of arms to represent its connection to other cities in the imperial era.
Bergisch Gladbach


6 April 1977 A green-white horizontal striped flag with the coat of arms. A variant of the flag consist of two green stripes on the top and bottom with a white stripe in the middle. The coat of arms features the Bergische Lion. It is the heraldic animal of the county or the duchy of Berg, which had possessions in the area very early on. He was also seen in the old Bergisch Gladbach coat of arms. The deer head is taken from the old Bensberg coat of arms and is intended to point to the forest, which played an important role in Bensberg throughout history. The changing centre beam, taken from the historical coat of arms of the Counts of Berg, is intended to point to the Bergisches Land and connect the symbols of both cities. It was also already depicted in the old Bergisch Gladbach coat of arms.

Communities

Towns and villages

Historical

Rhineland-Palatinate

Main article: Rhineland-Palatinate

Cities

Towns and villages

Saarland

Main article: Saarland

Cities

Towns and villages

References

  1. "§ 3 Absatz 2 der Hauptsatzung der Stadt Aachen" (PDF). Aachen.
  2. "Wappen der Stadt Aachen". Aachen.
  3. "Hauptsatzung der Stadt Bergisch Gladbach". Bergisch Gladbach.

See also

Flags of Germany
National Flag of Germany
States
Districts
Municipalities
Historical and cultural
Lists of city flags
By nations
By continent
Historical
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