Werther City (Germany)

Stadt Werther, Kreis Gütersloh, Northrhine-Westphalia

Last modified: 2019-02-14 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Werther former Coat of Arms

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Werther City

Werther Flag

It is a red over white over red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1. The coat of arms shifted to the hoist and in the white stripe.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.546
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Feb 2007

Werther Banner

It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1. The coat of arms shifted to the top and in the white stripe.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.546
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2007

Werther Coat of Arms

It is a red and silver(=white) quarterly divided shield. The 2nd and 3rd quarter are showing the coat of arms of the Counts of Ravensberg, three red chevrons in a silver (=white) field. The 1st quarter shows three silver(=white) triangles in a red field in a triangular configuration. The 4th quarter shows two silver (=white) clubs in a red field.
Meaning:
The chevrons are the family arms of the Counts of Ravensberg, the triangles those of the family von Werther genannt Edessen, the clubs of the family von Cappel. The surname "von Werther genannt (= called) Edessen" is a Westphalian special. Though the civil name is "von Werther", everybody calls the family "Edessen".
The colours red and white are not only those of the County of Ravensberg but also of the Prussian province Westfalen (English: Westphalia), to which the city belonged since 1815.
Source: Veddeler 2003; p.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Feb 2007

Werther former Banner

It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The former coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: information provided by Klaus Günther
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2019

Werther former Coat of Arms

Shield Gules three triangles Argent pointing to the centre.
Meaning:
The triangles are the family arms of the family von Werther genannt Edessen, the same pattern is displayed in the 1st quarter of the new arms with the triangles in different order.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.242-243
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2019

Flag, banner and arms have been approved the district governor (Regierungspräsident Detmold on 12 November 1973. In addition the hanging flag variant (Banner) has also been approveded, and is probably the preferred variant. Interestingly, the Hauptsatzung of 1999 does not correctly describe the flag, but just mentions that the "city colours are red-white". Without further information this usually would be interpreted as a bicolour of red and white, and not a triband in the ratio 1:3:1. The former arms were approved on 16 July 1938 by Oberpräsident of Prussian Westphalia Province. The former banner probably never had been approved officially.
Source: Veddeler 2003; p.242-243
M. Schmöger, 26 Feb 2007 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2019

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