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From Ralf Hartemink's International
Civic Arms website: The new arms were granted 1976. The village became
a boom-town at the end of the 19th century, due to the coal mining. It
became a city in 1919. The arms granted in 1926 show a symbol of the coal
mining placed upon the cross of the Teutonic Order.
The loge of Welheim of the Order owned the area from 1230 to the 18th century.
In the new arms elements from the former arms of Bottrop and Kirchhellen
were combined.
Literature: Stadler 1964-1971; city
website.
Santiago Dotor, 19 Dec 2001
City of Bottrop (Northrhine-Westphalia)
Description of flag: It is a horizontal 7-stripes flag with alternating
red and white stripes starting with a white one. The ratio of flag is 3:5.
Source: Klemens STADLER images by Max REINHART: "Deutsche Wappen Bd.7
Nordrhein-Westfalen" ,Bremen 1972, p.29.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Jun 2007