City of Telgte (Germany)

Stadt Telgte, Kreis Warendorf, Northrhine-Westphalia

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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City of Telgte

Telgte is a town 12 km east of Münster in Kreis Warendorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen. At this webpage are flag and coat of arms.
The coat of arms is: argent a young green oak with two green acorns on a green base.
It was designed in 1975 by Mr. Mallek from Münster, and adopted by municipal resolution on 13 nov 1975.

On 31 March 1976 the "Regierungspräsident Münster" granted the use of the new arms. At the same time the use of a new flag and seal was granted.
The flag of the town of Telgte is: three horizontal stripes proportioned 1:3:1 of white and green, with in the center the town's arms.

Telgte has c. 18.000 inhabitants and is an important place of pilgrimage because of the statue of the Virgin Mary, first mentioned in 1455. Telgte was founded in the 8th century, and first mentioned in the 11th century as "Telgoth". In 1238 it got town-rights. It was important as a bulwark against the Anabaptists c. 1534. Between 1654 and 1657 Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen (in the Netherlands better known as "Bomm'n Berend") had a chapel built for the statue of the Virgin Mary("Gnadenkapelle").
Jarig Bakker, 10 Mar 2005

Telgte CoA

The coat of arms had been granted 31 Mar 1976
The coat of arms is: argent a young green oak with two green acorns on a green base.
It was designed in 1975 by Mr. Mallek from Münster, and adopted by municipal resolution on 13 nov 1975.
Source: this webpage.
Jarig Bakker, 10 Mar 2005

Banner of Telgte

Description of banner:
It is a white - green - white vertical tribnad with ratio 1:3:1 between stripes. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.529
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Jun 2011

Borough of Westbevern

Description of flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over yellow over blue horizontal triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the central stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jul 2011

Description of coat of arms:
In a blue shield is a golden (=yellow), statant beaver. Below the beaver is a descending line of four golden (= yellow) rhombs/ lozenges.
Meaning:
The beaver surely is a canting element, the meaning of the line of rhombs I don't know.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jul 2011

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