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Herford County (Germany)

Kreis Herford, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Last modified: 2020-05-23 by klaus-michael schneider
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Herford County

Herford County Flag

It is a plain white flag with the county's coat of arms shifted to the hoist.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.308
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007

Herford County Banner

[Herford County banner banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007

It is a plain white banner with the counties coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007

Herford County Ceremonial Flag

[Herford County ceremonial flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

It is a silver monocolour charged with a black horse forcene in centre.
According to source it is an unique, used in the conference room of the town hall.
Source: letter from county administration to Falko Schmidt on 7 October 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020

Herford County Coat of Arms

Shiele Argent a horse forcene Sable.
Meaning:
The horse from the coat of arms is said to be an image of the black horse of Widukind (or Wittekind), the duke of the Saxonian Engern tribe, who was the leader of a 30 years insurrection of Saxonian farmers against the armies of the Franconian king Karl der Große, aka Charlemagne. It is also said, that after Widukind surrendered and was baptized, he received a white horse as a gift from his former enemy and he gave away his black horse instead. The white horse is depicted in the coats of arms of Westphalia and Lower Saxony. But that might be an urban legend, for probably in times of Charlemagne there didn't exist shields with those images. Under NS-rule in 1938 a black cross built from four maces (Keulenkreuz) was added in the sinister chief. This cross was however abolished in 1946 because there were too many similarities to a swastika.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007

Flag, banner and arms were approved on 5 January 1970 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Detmold.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2007

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