City of Sendenhorst (Germany)

Stadt Sendenhorst, Kreis Warendorf, Northrhine-Westphalia

Last modified: 2012-08-01 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: sendenhorst | albersloh | st. martin | french shield | mural crown | mitre | mountain | pot |
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• Current Flag
• Banner
• Coat of Arms
• Former Banner (1954-1965)
• Borough of Albersloh
• Albersloh Flag
• Albersloh Banner
• Albersloh Coat of Arms

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

Current Flag

Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a yellow over red over yellow horizontal triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the centre of the red stripe.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.515
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jun 2010

Banner

Description of banner:
It is a yellow - red - yellow vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.515
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jun 2010

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The current arms show in a golden(=yellow) shield a riding St.Martin sharing his coat with a beggar. All figures are red.
Meaning:
According to source St.Martin is patron saint of the city and the local parish church. The colours of the flag and the coat of arms are those of the archbishopric of Münster, and of nowadays Warendorf county as well.
The coat of arms was granted by the king of Prussia on 25 June 1910. The colours then had been red and silver, the colours of Prussian province of Westphalia. The scene was placed upon a red hill and the shield was topped by a mural crown. In 1977 the coat of arms above the door of the townhall showed however the whole ensemble in a golden field. According to source Hupp had changed the background colour arbitrarily.
According to source in 1965 the mural crown, the so called French shield and the hilltop were abolished.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.219
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jun 2010

Flag, banner and coat of arms were approved by Regierungspräsident Münster on 5 September 1979, the former banner was approved by minister of interior of Northrhine-Westphalia on 20 August 1954.

Former Banner (1954-1965)

Description of former banner (1954-1965(?)):
It is a red - white -red vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1. The former coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Stadler 1972, p.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jun 2010

Borough of Albersloh

Albersloh Flag

Description of flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a yellow - red - yellow horizontal triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the central stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jul 2011

Albersloh Banner

Description of banner:
The ratio is approx 11:5. It is a yellow - red - yellow vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the central stripe and shifted to the top.
Source: obsolete webpage of Wolbecker Nachrichten (a local newspaper) reporting the shooting match 2008.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jul 2011

Albersloh Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a golden (=yellow) shield a red and golden (=yellow) mitre is placed upon the dexter chief point. Upon the base is a red hill having three peaks, which is superimposed by a golden pot.
Meaning:
The mitre probably is symbolizing St.Ludger (= Liudger?), the patron saint of the local parish church. The pot might symbolize, that the area has been populated for a very long time.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jul 2011

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