Municipality of Schwalmtal (Germany)

Gemeinde Schwalmtal, Kreis Viersen, Northrhine-Westphalia

Last modified: 2012-09-09 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Coat of Arms
• Plain Flag reported 1972

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Banner

Description of banner:
It is a white - blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: §2(3) of Hauptsatzung of the municipality of Schwalmtal, version 3 November 1999, updated 11 December 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Aug 2011

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per pale. The dexter side shows St.Michael, dressed and winged silver (= white) and armed by golden (= yellow) clad armour. He is killing a black dragon by a red lance, which is topped by a cross. The sinister side shows three blue bars in a silver (=white) field.
Meaning:
According to source the arms are combining elements of the former municipalities of Waldniel and Amern. St. Michael is representing Waldniel. He is patron saint of the local parish church. The bars are taken from the 1958 version of the arms of Amern; originally based upon the arms of Heinrich vom Ambere (1274).
Source: Stadler 1972, p.87
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Aug 2011

Plain Flag reported 1972

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jul 2007

Description of flag:

The flags ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour.
Source: Stadler 1972, p.87.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jul 2007

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