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Municipality of Legden (Germany)

Gemeinde Legden, Kreis Borken, Northrhine-Westphalia

Last modified: 2015-05-10 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Legden flag] 3:5  image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2010
approved 5 March 1970 See also:

Current Flag

Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over white over blue horizontal triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the central stripe.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.439
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2010

Banner

[Legden banner] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2010

Description of banner:
It is a blue - white - blue vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the central stripe shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.439
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2010

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The coat is divided by a blue fess into golden (=yellow) and silver (=white). The fess is superimposed by three golden 6-point stars. The silver field is divided by two red bends formed by rhombs (German: Rautenbalken).
Meaning:
According to source the golden colour is symbolizing the archbishops of Münster, the former rulers. The stars upon a fess are taken from the seal of Johann von Legden, the bends from the arms of the Asbeck kin, who was living in the village with the same name.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.163
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2010

Flag, banner and coat of arms were approved by Regierungspräsident Münster on 5 March 1970. (But there existed older versions from 1956, i do not yet know.).

Flag (1956-1970)

[Legden flag 1956] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2010

Description of flag:
The ratio is 1:1. It is a blue flag with three yellow tails. The blue field is containing the charges of the former coat of arms without shield.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.164
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2010

Banner (1956-1970)

[Legden banner 1956] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2010

Description of banner:
It is a blue - white - blue vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the central stripe shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.164
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2010

Coat of Arms (1956-1970)


Source: Veddeler 2003, p.164

Description of coat of arms:
In a blue field is a golden (= yellow) coronet topped by three 6-point stars of the same colour ordered 2:1.
Meaning:
It is probably the pattern taken from the seal of Johann von Legden.
Source: template sent by the municipality of Legden and Veddeler 2003, p.163
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2010

Old flag, banner and coat of arms were approved by Regierungspräsident Münster on 21 September 1956.

Village of Asbeck

[Legden-Asbeck flag] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2010

Description of flag:
The flag's ratio is 3.5. It is a black over white over black horizontal triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided by a fessy,wavy line into silver (= white) and black. The silver field is divided by two red bends formed by rhombs (German: /Rautenbalken/). In the black field is a silver coronet.
Source: template sent by the municipality of Legden
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2010

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