List of flags in the Heinsberg district

circle	Hoist flag	banner	Comments
District of Heinsberg			The circle has the following coat of arms : “Divided and split above. Above: in front in red a crowned, two-tailed, silver (white) lion; behind in gold (yellow) a black lion. Below: in silver (white) a free-floating, lying, red lily cross, covered with a five-petalled blue flax flower. " (Approved on September 3, 1973) [...] The circle carries the following flag: “Divided according to the coat of arms and split above; the heraldic figures floating freely. Divided and split at the top. Above: in front in red a crowned, two-tailed, silver (white) lion; behind in gold (yellow) a black lion. Below: in silver (white) a free-floating, lying, red lily cross, covered with a five-petalled blue flax flower. " The circle carries the following banner: “Divided twice with free-floating heraldic figures. Upper third: split; in front in red a crowned, silver (white) lion with two tails; behind in gold (yellow) a black lion. Middle third: in silver (white) a free-floating, lying, red lily cross, covered with a five-petalled, blue flax blossom. Lower third: Split from red to gold (yellow). ” (Banner and flag approved on September 3, 1973)

cities and communes

City or municipality	Hoist flag	banner	Comments
City of Erkelenz		according to the main statute no banner	Approved by the RP Cologne on October 27, 1972: Description of the flag: "In addition to the city colors blue and white, the city flag of the city of Erkelenz bears the emblems of the city arms according to the annex attached to the original of these main statutes."
municipality Gangelt	according to the main statute no hoisting flag		Approved by the RP Cologne on ???: Description of the banner: "The banner of the Gangelt community is divided from black to gold (yellow) and bears the coat of arms in the middle of the cloth ." The main statute only provides information about a flag, but not about the design. Banners with and without coats of arms are shown.
City of Geilenkirchen	according to the main statute no hoisting flag		Approved by RP Cologne on November 29, 1972: Description of the banner: "Blue-gold (yellow) in a ratio of 1: 1 striped lengthways with the city arms in the middle of the upper half."
District town of Heinsberg	according to the main statute no hoisting flag		Approved by the RP Cologne on October 2, 1974: Description of the banner: “The city flag is displayed as a banner in the colors red-white-red in a ratio of 1: 4: 1 with the city's coat of arms shifted slightly across the middle . The ratio to the width of the flag is like 4 to 1.5. "
City of Hückelhoven	according to the main statute no hoisting flag		Approved by RP Cologne on October 25, 1972: Description of the banner: "White-black in a ratio of 1: 1 striped lengthways , above the city coat of arms in the white banner head."
Selfkant municipality	according to the main statute no hoisting flag		Approved by RP Cologne on February 27, 1970: Description of the banner: "The banner of the municipality of Selfkant is divided from red to white in a ratio of 2: 1: 2: 1: 2 with the coat of arms without a shield in the white banner head."
City of Übach-Palenberg			Approved by decree of the Upper President of the Rhine Province of December 2, 1937: Description of the flag and banner: “The city's flag consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width, blue at the top and red at the bottom.” It is also shown as a banner without the city arms .
Municipality Waldfeucht			Approved by the RP Cologne on March 14, 1977: Description of the flag: "Red-white-red in a ratio of 1: 4: 1 longitudinally stripes (meaning is transverse stripes) with the coat of arms of the municipality shifted towards the pole ." Description of the banner: "Red-white-red in a ratio of 1: 4: 1 striped lengthways with the coat of arms of the municipality shifted upwards over the middle."
City of Wassenberg			Approved by the RP Cologne on August 21, 1974: Description of the flag and banner: “The flag of the city of Wassenberg is divided from blue to gold (yellow) and bears the emblem of the city arms in the upper blue field . The flag is also carried as a banner with the symbols of the coat of arms on the blue lane above the middle. "
City of Wegberg		according to the main statute no banner	Approved by RP Cologne on ???: Description of the flag: “The flag of the city of Wegberg shows the colors blue and white; it bears the city arms or the emblems of the city arms in the middle . "