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3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 25 Jun 2001
The city statutes (Hauptsatzung) prescribe the flag as follows (quoting from Hostert 1979): The city flag has two equally wide stripes white-red with in the centre, slightly offset to the hoist, a white field with the arms, below it in black lettering 'Stadt Altena (Westf.)', flag proportions 3:5.
Strangely, the first sentence seems to refer to a hanging flag (a banner),
the second to a normal flag. The description of the banner coincides with
the description found in both
Städtebuch
1954 and Stadler 1972. Hostert
1979 shows a both a flag and a banner.
Stefan Schwoon, 25 Jun 2001
From Ralf Hartemink's International
Civic Arms website: The arms are based on the old seal of the town,
known since the 15th century. The chequered fess
is the arms of the Counts of (Altena-)Mark, who granted the village some
privileges in 1367. The town became a city only in the 18th century. Saint
Catherine is the patron saint of the local church, built in 1310.
Literature: Stadler 1964-1972.
Santiago Dotor, 31 Jul 2002