Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Wenden banner]](../images/d/de-oe_we.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Jun 2010
Description of banner:
It is a red - white - red vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1.The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.542
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Jun 2010
Description of coat of arms:
In a red field is a torso of St.John the Baptist, bearded black, nimbed golden(=yellow), dressed in a fur in natural colour and a white piece of cloth around his hips. He holds a golden(=yellow) book in his right hand, on which is sitting the golden(=yellow) Paschal Lamb. In his left hand he holds a stick of the same colour topped by a cross. Upon the middle base point is a silver(=white) inescutcheon divided by a black cross.
Meaning:
According to source St.John the Baptist was the local patron saint. The inescutcheon is symbolizing the archbishopric and electorate of Köln.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.239
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Jun 2010
The banner was approved by Regierungspräsident Arnsberg on 11 June 1970, the coat of arms on 6 April 1970.
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