City of Soest (Germany)

Stadt Soest, Kreis Soest, Northrhine-Westphalia

Last modified: 2012-08-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Current Flag
• Variant #1
• Variant #2

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Current Flag

Description of flag:
The ratio of flag is 3:5. It is a seven times divided (per fess) flag in white and red (German:"siebenmal geteilt von weiß und rot"). This means to me: It is an 8-stripes flag of alternating red and white stripes, starting with a white one. The coat of arms is superimposed (in the centre of flag).
Description of coat of arms:
In a silver (=white) shield is a red key with its beard in the dexter chief.
Source of CoA and description of flag: Stadler 1972, p.89
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jun 2007

Variant #1

Description of flag:
The third at the hoist is white with a red key therein. The other two thirds are seven times (per fess) divided in white and red. According to source this means explictely the existence of eight stripes like in variant#1, but (surprisingly) starting with a red one. This variant seems to be the current one like described in the city's constitution (=Hauptsatzung).
Source: "Deutsches Städtebuch, Bd.III 2 Westfalen", Hrsg: STOOB, Stuttgart 1954.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jun 2007

Variant #2

Description of flag:
It is a horizontal 8-stripes flag with alternating red and white stripes, starting with a white one. In the white canton is a red key.
The height of canton is bigger than its width (German: "im hochrechteckigen Feld").
Sources: Veddeler 2003 and "Deutsches Städtebuch, Bd.III 2 Westfalen", Hrsg: STOOB, Stuttgart 1954.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jun 2007

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