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Borken County (Germany)

Kreis Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Last modified: 2020-05-22 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Borken county flag] 3:5  image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007
approved 23 November 1987 See also:

Borken County

Borken County Flag

It is a red over yellow horizontal bicolour with arms shifted to the hoist.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.304
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007

Borken County Banner

[Borken county banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,

It is a red and yellow vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.304
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007

Borken County Flag (1979 - 1984)

[Borken county flag (1979 - 1984)] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007

It was a red over yellow horizontal bicolour with the three white millrinds from the county coat of arms shifted to the hoist.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.70
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007

Borken County Banner (1979 - 1984)

[Borken county banner (1979 - 1984)] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007

It is a red and yellow vertical bicolour with with the three white millrinds from the county's coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.70
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007

Borken County Coat of Arms

Shield Or a fess Gules charged with three millrinds Argent.
Meaning:
The red fess in the golden field is the coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Münster. The three millrinds are taken from the arms of the Lords of Zuylen (Utrecht, the Netherlands), who ruled the small dominion of Anholt in medieval times. Please note that [Dutch " zuil" = column]. Therefore the millrinds sometimes had been erroneously denoted as columns.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.70
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007

Borken County Flag (1955 - 1974)


[Borken county flag (1955 - 1974)] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

It was a yellow-red horizontal bicolour with arms shifted to the hoist.
Source: letter from county archive Borken to Falko Schmidt on 28 January 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

Borken County Banner (1955 - 1974)

[Borken county banner (1955 - 1974)] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

It was a yellow-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was in a white bannerhead.
Source: letter from county archive Borken to Falko Schmidt on 28 January 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

Borken County Coat of Arms (1955 - 1974)

Shield quartered, 1st quarter Or a fess Gules, 2nd quarter Gules three milrinds argent ordered 2:1, 3rd quarter Argent, a lion rampant Sable, crowned Or and tongued Gules, 4th quarter Or a fess Gules charged with three pallets Argent.
Meaning:
The most important former rulers had in the past been the Bishops of Münster. The 1st quarter thus displays the arms of the bishopric. The milrinds are taken from the family arms of the Lords of Zuylen, former rulers of the Lordship of Anholt. The 3rd quarter displays the arms of the Lordship of Werth, being a part of the bishopric since 1709. The 4th quarter displays the arms of the hereditary rulers of Gemen, who ruled the Lordship of Gemen until 1502. That lordship remained a territory under direct imperial rule until 1700.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.20
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

Flag, banner and arms were approved on 23 November 1987 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Münster. The predecessors of flag and banner were approved 14 May 1979 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Münster. The oldest symbols were approved on 10 May 1955 by Minister of Interior of Nordrhein-Westfalen and abolished on 31 December 1974
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

Ahaus County

Ahaus County Flag


[Ahaus county flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

It was a red-yellow horizontal bicolour with arms shifted to the hoist.
Source: letter from county archive Borken to Falko Schmidt on 28 January 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

Ahaus County Banner

[Ahaus county banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

It was a red-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was in a white bannerhead.
Source: letter from county archive Borken to Falko Schmidt on 28 January 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

Ahaus County Coat of Arms

Shield quartered, 1st quarter quartered of Gules and Or, 2nd quarter Argent three barrulets Sable, on top barrulet three birds Sable passant in fess, 3rd quarter Or a swan passant Gules armed Sable, 4th quarter Or a fess Gules.
Meaning:
The 1st quarter displays the family arms of the Lords of Ahaus. The 2nd quarter those of the Lohn kin, also spelled Loen. The 3rd quarter displays the family arms of the Lords of Steinfurt and is representing the city of Gronau. The kin died out in 1421 and was succeeded by the Counts of Bentheim. The 4th quarter displays the arms of the Bishopric of Münster.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.11
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

Flag, banner and arms were approved on 14 January 1957 by Minister of Interior of Nordrhein-Westfalen and abolished on 31 December 1974, when the county was incorporated into Borken County.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

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