City of Rheine (Germany)

Stadt Rheine, Steinfurt County, Northrhine-Westphalia

Last modified: 2012-08-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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Flag with Coat of Arms

Description of flag:
It is a yellow over red over yellow tricolour. The stripes have equal width. The flag's ratio is 3:5. According to Veddeler 2003 there exists a version with the coat of arms in the centre of the red stripe.
Rheine is the biggest city of Steinfurt county. It is located on both sides of river Ems at the very north end of the county south of the border of Lower Saxony. The city was part of the archbishopric of Münster until 1803. The flag's colours are those of the archbishopric.
The flag was approved on 24 March 1976.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jun 2007

The flags ratio is 3:5. It is a yellow over red over yellow flag. In the centre of the red stripe is the city's coat of arms.
Authorized: 24 March 1976 by Regierungspräsident Münster
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.497
(Note: according to Veddeler there is no banner, the flag without coat of arms was still used in the 80ies of the 20th century.)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Nov 2007

Flag without Coat of Arms

Description of flag:
It is a yellow over red over yellow tricolour.
Visiting Rheine in the 70's and 80's of the 20th century I have never ever seen the flag with coat of arms. Only the simpler version had been used.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jun 2007

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms: It is a golden (=yellow) shield with a red fess superimposed by three golden (=yellow) 6-point stars.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jun 2007

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