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Municipality of Mettingen (Germany)

Mettingen, Kreis Steinfurt, Northrhine-Westphalia

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• Banner(1950-1994(?))
• Current Banner
• Coat of arms

• County and Municipal Flags (Northrhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen)
• Steinfurt County
• Northrhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
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Banner(1950-1994(?))

Description of former banner:
It is a red - white - red vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1 and a red bannerhead. The coat of arms is in the centre of the bannerhead.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.182
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Jun 2010

Current Banner

Description of current banner:
It is a red - white - red vertical triband with ratio 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.463
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Jun 2010

Coat of arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a silver(=white) shield are three red clover leaves ordered two above one.
Meaning:
According to source those are the arms of died out kin of von Mettingen, who had been in service of the counts of Tecklenburg. The arms appeared first on a seal of 1299. The colours are those of the counts of Tecklenburg.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.182
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Jun 2010

The banner was generated probably about 1950 and is mentioned in §2 of Hauptsatzung of the municipality of Mettingen, dated 9 November 1994. The coat of arms was approved by Oberpräsident of Prussian province of Westphalia on 26 October 1938.

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