List of flags of the independent cities in North Rhine-Westphalia

The state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany

This list contains - sorted according to the administrative structure - all flags of the independent cities of North Rhine-Westphalia listed in Wikipedia , including historical flags. Not all cities, municipalities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia know whether they fly a flag. The flags known in Wikipedia can be reached via the navigation bar at the bottom of the page.

One district cities

city	Hoist flag	banner	Comments
Aachen			: "The city colors are black and yellow."
Bielefeld			Approved by RP Detmold on July 17, 1978: "The city colors are red and white." “The city flag is used as a banner and as a hoist flag. Red and white with the city coat of arms in the middle, shifted slightly upwards or towards the mast. "
Bochum			Approved ????: "The city flag is blue and white."
Bonn			Approved ????: “The coat of arms shows a black cross above in silver (white) in a split shield, and a striding, looking golden (yellow) lion below in red.” “The flag is gold (yellow) -red. The wide golden (yellow) central track is accompanied by two narrow red tracks. The flag shows the coat of arms in the middle panel. "
Bottrop			Approved by the RP Münster on July 31, 1978: “The city's coat of arms shows a black crutch cross on a white background, covered with a blue shield, inside three white wolf rods (2: 1). [...] The city's flag contains the city's coat of arms on a white / blue ratio of 1: 1 on a longitudinally striped background. It is arranged in the middle of the two tracks, shifted towards the bar. "
Dortmund	Normal version without coat of arms Version with coat of arms		Approved ????: "The flag of the city contains the colors red and white in vertical stripes."
Duisburg	Normal version without coat of arms Version with coat of arms		Approved ????: “The city of Duisburg uses the colors white-red in two horizontal stripes as a flag.” The main statute does not provide any information about a coat of arms on the flag or banner. But there are banners in white and red striped lengthways with the coat of arms above the middle.
Dusseldorf			Approved ????: “The city flag with the coat of arms is also used as a hoist flag. (Letter from the advertising and auditing office of the city of Düsseldorf dated June 24, 1996). The flag is red and white stripes in a ratio of 1: 1 with the city arms in the middle. The banner is striped red and white lengthways in a ratio of 1: 1 with the city coat of arms slightly above the middle. "
eat			Approved ????: “The city colors are yellow-blue. The city's flag consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width, yellow at the top and blue at the bottom. "
Gelsenkirchen			Approved on December 18, 1930: "The city's flag is black, white and green, with vertical stripes."
Hagen			Approved ????: "The flag of the city of Hagen is striped lengthways in the colors blue and yellow."
Hamm			Approved by the RP Arnsberg on July 4, 1975: “The flag of the city of Hamm is red and white. It shows in the longitudinal direction a white stripe 3/7 wide, which is flanked on both sides by red stripes, each 2/7 wide. In the upper third, the flag is covered by a bar in three rows of seven fields each, red and white, beginning with a red field at the top left. "
Herne			Approved ????: “The city coat of arms shows a black, jumping horse in gold, with mallets and iron placed in a cross on the left. [...] The flag is striped lengthways in three strips in a ratio of 2: 3: 2 from yellow to black to yellow and shows the city's coat of arms in the shield in the middle of the black strip. "
Cologne			Approved ????: "The flag of the city of Cologne is striped red and white lengthways."
Krefeld			Approved ????: “The split escutcheon shows Saint Dionysius in silver with a halo and red regalia, the crosier in the right hand, the severed head in the left, at his feet a golden shield with a black bar, behind in blue red divided field two turned away golden keys, accompanied by silver shields with black crosses. The city colors are black and gold. The flag is black and gold striped lengthways in a ratio of 1: 1 with the city arms in the middle. "
Leverkusen			Approved by RP Cologne on August 19, 1976: “The city's coat of arms is a double-tailed, blue-crowned, armored and tongued red lion in silver (white), which is covered by a black pinnacle bar. [...] As a coat of arms flag, the city carries banners and hoisted flags, which bear the emblems of the coat of arms on a white cloth. "
Mönchengladbach			Approved by the RP Düsseldorf on February 7, 1977: “The city of Mönchengladbach has a coat of arms, a flag and an official seal. The colors of the city of Mönchengladbach are red and gold. " "The coat of arms of the city of Mönchengladbach shows under a red shield head, inside a silver pinnacle bar, split by blue and gold, in front a silver abbot, behind a continuous black cross." "The city of Mönchengladbach carries a banner red-gold (yellow) -red in a ratio of 1: 4: 1, striped lengthways with the city's coat of arms shifted upwards over the center, as well as a red-gold (yellow) -red 1: 4 flag : 1 stripes with the coat of arms of the city shifted to a pole. "
Mülheim an der Ruhr	Normal version without coat of arms Version with coat of arms		Approved ????: "The city carries its previous coat of arms and the yellow-red city flag." The city ​​coat of arms approved by the King of Prussia in 1880 is emblazoned as follows: “Split twice and divided once: Field 1: Red slanting grid in gold ( Daun rule ) Field 2: Silver eight-spoke wheel in blue ( Falkenstein rule ) Field 3: Double-tailed red lion in silver ( Herrschaft Limburg ) Field 4: Divided: above: striding golden lion in red, below: three black bars in silver ( Herrschaft Oberstein ) Field 5: Golden bordered label in red ( Herrschaft Broich ) Field 6: Silver six-spoke wheel in blue , accompanied by four silver crosses in the corners ( Reipoltskirchen rule ). The coat of arms is crowned by a vaulted golden wall crown with three crenellated towers. " The city colors are derived from the coat of arms of the Broich rule and originally the city flag was only carried without an applied coat of arms. On December 13, 2007, the city council decided unanimously to introduce a flag with an applied coat of arms.
Muenster			no official approval or award known, see the article Wappen von Münster : As with the coat of arms, there are two different versions of the flag. The regular flag is based on the colors used in the coat of arms and consists of three longitudinal stripes in a ratio of 1: 1: 1 with the colors yellow, red and white. There is also a splendid version, in a ratio of 1: 1: 1: 1: 1, striped lengthways in yellow, red, white, red and yellow. The two yellow and white stripes are also provided with red bibs at the lower end.
Oberhausen			Approved in 1952: "The city's flag is split lengthways in blue and white."
Remscheid			Approved ????: "The city colors are blue and white."
Solingen			Approved ????: "The city colors are blue and gold."
Wuppertal			Approved ????: “The coat of arms of the city of Wuppertal shows in silver, standing on two golden strands of thread, a two-tailed red lion looking to the left, armed in blue and crowned in blue, which holds a black rust. [...] The colors of the city flag are red and white. ” ¹ heraldic right

Individual evidence

1. ↑ § 3 Paragraph 2 of the main statute of the city of Aachen (PDF; 49 kB)
2. ↑ § 2 Paragraph 2 of the main statute of the city of Bielefeld (PDF; 195 kB)
3. ^ Letter from the Main Office of the City of Bielefeld from June 13, 1996
4. ↑ § 1 Paragraph 2 of the main statute of the city of Bochum (PDF; 83 kB)
5. ↑ § 4 Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the main statute of the Federal City of Bonn
6. ↑ § 3 Paragraph 1 and 2 of the main statute of the city of Bottrop
7. ↑ § 3 Paragraph 2 of the main statute of the city of Dortmund ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ § 1 Paragraph 6 of the main statute of the city of Duisburg ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 43 kB) 
9. ↑ The main statute of the state capital Düsseldorf does not contain any information on the coat of arms, official seal or flag.
10. ↑ § 1 Paragraph 3 of the main statute of the city of Essen
11. ↑ § 3 Paragraph 3 of the main statute of the city of Gelsenkirchen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 66 kB)  
12. ↑ Section 1, Paragraph 3 of the main statute of the city of Hagen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ § 2 Paragraph 3 of the main statute of the city of Hamm ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
14. ↑ § 2 Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the main statute of the city of Herne (PDF; 93 kB)
15. ↑ § 2 para. 4 of the main statute of the city of Cologne (PDF; 512 kB)
16. ↑ § 2 Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the main statute of the city of Krefeld ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
17. ↑ § 3 Paragraphs 1 and 3 of the main statute of the city of Leverkusen ( Memento of the original of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
18. ↑ § 2 of the main statutes of the city of Mönchengladbach ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
    
19. ↑ Certificate of approval of the RP Düsseldorf dated February 7, 1977
20. ↑ § 4 Paragraph 1 of the main statute of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr (PDF; 75 kB)
21. ^ Resolution of the City Council of Mülheim an der Ruhr of December 13, 2007 with “ Submission - V 07 / 1008-01 ” and “ Annex Stripe Flag ; Flag with coat of arms  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. “(46 kB).  
22. ↑ The main statute of the city of Münster ( Memento of the original from April 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. does not contain any information on the coat of arms, official seal or flag. 
23. ↑ § 3 Paragraph 2 of the main statute of the city of Oberhausen ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 897 kB) 
24. ↑ § 2, Paragraph 2 of the main statute of the city of Remscheid ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
25. ↑ § 2 Paragraph 2 of the main statute of the city of Solingen ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.7 MB) 
26. ↑ § 1 Para. 2 and 4 of the main statute of the city of Wuppertal ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 94 kB) 

See also

• List of coats of arms of the independent cities in North Rhine-Westphalia

Web links

• North Rhine-Westphalia at kommunalflaggen.de
• District and municipality flags in North Rhine-Westphalia at FOTW