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Municipality of Ladbergen (Germany)

Gemeinde Ladbergen, Kreis Steinfurt, Northrhine-Westphalia

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Jun 2010
approved 30 May 1950

Banner
Coat of Arms

See also:

County and Municipal Flags (Northrhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Steinfurt County [SF]
Northrhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Germany

Banner

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.435
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Jun 2010

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a silver(=white) field are three red leaves of a water-lily ordered two above one. The chief shows two golden(=yellow) bees ordered horizontally in a red field.
Meaning:
According to source the leaves are symbolizing the lords of Ladbergen. The bees are symbolizing bee-farming. Ladbergen had been famous for its honeys and had to pay honey as some kind of tax to the abbey of Freckenhorst.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.161
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Jun 2010

The banner was approved by minister of interior of Northrhine-Westphalia on 30 May 1950, the coat of arms already on 26 April 1950.

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