Hamm city (Germany)

Kreisfreie Stadt Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia

Last modified: 2007-12-29 by jarig bakker
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3:5 image by Eugene Baldwin, 19 Nov 1998

• City of Hamm
• Hamm flag without arms
• Banner
• Borough of Bockum-Hövel

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City of Hamm

Hamm has 180,000 inhabitants.
Kai A. Hamm, 23 Jun 2000

The chequered stripe is taken from the arms. From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website: Hamm was founded in 1226 by Adolf I, Count of the Mark, and later became the capital of the County of the Mark. In 1263 the village received city rights. Around 1275 the arms of the Counts was changed to the chequered fess. The city subsequently started to use the new arms in its seals since 1297. The new arms became the lesser arms of the city until 1875, when it became the official arms. The arms were reconfirmed in 1909 and 1934.
Literature: Stadler 1964-1971.
Santiago Dotor, 20 Dec 2001

Hamm flag without arms

City of Hamm (Northrhine-Westphalia)             n.c.
The flags ratio is 3:5. It is a red over white horizontal bicolour.
The flag was probably used until 1975.
Source: Klemens STADLER, images by Max REINHART: "Deutsche Wappen Bd.VII Nordrhein-Westfalen" Bremen 1972; p.48.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2007

Banner

Description of banner:
It is a red-white red flag. The vertical stripes have the ratio 2:3:2. Shifted to the top a 3 x 7 version of the Markian chequered bar is superimposed.
Note:
A flag is not used and the description within the diploma is erraneous. According to VEDDELER only the banner is used.
Authorized: 4 July 1975 by Regierungspräsident Arnsberg
Source: Peter VEDDELER:"Wappen-Siegel-Flaggen, die kommunalen Hoheitszeichen der Kreise, Städte und Gemeinden in Westfalen-Lippe" ; ISBN 3-87023-252-8; p.402
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Nov 2007

Borough of Bockum-Hövel

Bockum-Hövel (city of Hamm / Northrhine-Westphalia)
The flags ratio is 3:5. It is a red over white horizontal bicolour.
Source: Klemens STADLER, images by Max REINHART: "Deutsche Wappen Bd.VII Nordrhein-Westfalen" Bremen 1972; p.26.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2007