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Balve city (Germany)
Stadt Balve, Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia
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3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 26 Jun 2001
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City of Balve
Balve was formally granted arms in 1911. The earliest seal with the present
motif is from 1462. The town belonged to the duchy of Westphalia - hence
the black-on-white cross in the arms. The symbols were kept when the town
was enlarged in 1974 but redesigned in a more modern style (without changing
the blazon) in the following year. The statutes say on the subject of the
city flag, "Die Stadtflagge ist weiss-blau-weiss gestreift und trägt
das Wappen" i.e. the city flag is striped white-blue-white and bears
the arms. The pictures in Hostert 1979
show a flag and a banner; in both of them the stripes
have a proportion of 1:3:1.
Note: In Stadler 1972 the flag is
simply said to be "blue, white".
Stefan Schwoon, 26 Jun 2001
From Ralf Hartemink's International
Civic Arms website: The arms were granted on June 24, 1911 and confirmed
on February 6, 1976. Balve was a town in the County of Arnsberg until 1368,
when it became part of the Duchy of Westphalia, part of the State
of Köln. The town received city rights in 1430 by the bishop of Köln.
The oldest seal probably dates from the same time and shows already the
combination of the eagle of Arnsberg and the cross of Köln.
Literature: Stadler 1964-1972.
Santiago Dotor, 2 Aug 2002
Hanging Flag / Banner
image by Stefan Schwoon