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Municipality of Hövelhof (Germany)

Gemeinde Hövelhof, Kreis Paderborn, Northrhine-Westphalia

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jun 2010
approved 16 September 1971

Banner
Coat of Arms

See also:

County and Municipal Flags (Northrhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Paderborn County
Northrhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Germany

Banner

Description of banner:
It is a green - white vertical bicolour with the coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.419
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jun 2010

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a green shield is a silver(=white) horn topped by a fessy, wavy line of the same colour. The shield has a silver(=white) chief divided by a red cross. The arms were approved by Regierungspräsident Detmold on 25 May 1962.
Meaning:
According to source the chief is symbolizing the former sovereignity of the archbishops of Paderborn. The green colour is symbolizing woods and meadows of that rural area. The wavy line is symbolizing the riches of water and the origin of river Ems. The horn reminds at a castle of the archbishops used for hunting, which had been erected in 1661.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.150
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jun 2010

The banner was approved by Regierungspräsident Detmold on 16 September 1971.

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