Last modified: 2012-08-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Brakel flag]](../images/d/de-hx-br.gif)
3:5 
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jun 2010
Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a green over white horizontal bicolour with the coat of arms shifted to the hoist.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.358
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jun 2010
![[Brakel banner#1]](../images/d/de-hx_br1.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jun 2010
Description of banner:
It is a green - white vertical bicolour with the coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.358
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jun 2010
![[Brakel banner#2]](../images/d/de-hx_br2.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jun 2010
Description of banner:
It is a green - white vertical bicolour with the coat of arms slightly shifted to the top with a black inscription "STADT" above the coat of arms and "BRAKEL" below.
Source: this webpage .
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jun 2010
Description of coat of arms:
In a red field is a silver(=white) Gothic vault flanked by two towers of the same colour. The ensemble is topped by three fleur de lis of the same colour. Beneath the vault is a silver(=white) shield, divided by three green pallets, which upon the chief are superimposed by a red fess with three golden(=yellow) balls.
Meaning:
According to source the arms are taken from the city's main seal from 1316. The shield there is taken from the arms of the lords of Brakel, which had been administrators of the city in service of archbishopric of Paderborn.
The city itself gives an overwhelming meaning of allusions to Christianity which is however denied by Veddeler as not based on facts.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.106
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2010
Flag, banner and coat of arms were approved by Regierungspräsident Detmold on 6 October 1977.
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