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Municipality of Eslohe (Germany)

Gemeinde Eslohe, Hochsauerlandkreis, Northrhine-Westphalia

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jun 2010
approved 20 April 1976

Banner
Coat of Arms

See also:

County and Municipal Flags (Northrhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Hochsauerlandkreis [AR]
Northrhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Germany

Banner

Description of banner:
It is a blue - white - blue vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.382
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jun 2010

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per pale. The dexter side shows a half silver(=white) eagle tongued red in a blue field. The sinister side is silver(=white) mantled black.
Meaning:
According to source the dexter side is an adaptation of the counts of Arnsberg, the sinister side of the barons of Weichs, who had been administrators (Drosten) of the archbishops of Köln.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.124
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jun 2010

Banner and coat of arms were approved by Regierungspräsident Arnsberg on 20 April 1976.

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