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City of Düren (Germany)

Stadt Düren, Kreis Düren, Northrhine-Westphalia

Last modified: 2012-10-08 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Düren flag] 3:5  image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Aug 2011 See also:

Current Flag

Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is nearly 1:2. It is an 8-stripes flag divided horizontally by alternating black and dark red stripes. The coat of arms without shield is placed into a yellow flaghead.
Source: Appendix IIIa of §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of the city of Düren, version 22 January 2002, update 1 July 2010
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Aug 2011

Banner

[Düren banner] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Aug 2011

Description of banner:
It is an 8-stripes flag divided vertically by alternating black and dark red stripes. The coat of arms without shield is placed into a yellow bannerhead.
Source: Appendix IIIb of §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of the city of Düren, version 22 January 2002, update 1 July 2010
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Aug 2011

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per fess into two golden (= yellow) fields. Above is a black eagle armed and tongued red, below is a black statant lion tongued red.
Meaning:
According to source the eagle is symbolizing, that Düren had been a free imperial city until 1242/1246, when the city was mortgaged to the dukes of Jülich, to whom the lion below is alluding. The colours had been defined in 1923. The image was known from seals since the 1240ies.
Sources: §2(1) of Hauptsatzung of the city of Düren, version 22 January 2002, update 1 July 2010 and Stadler 1972, p.35
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Aug 2011

Former Flag reported 1972

[Düren flag 1972] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jun 2007

Description of flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a horizontal 6-stripes flag with alternating dark red and black stripes.
Source: Stadler 1972, p.35
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jun 2007

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