List of flags in the Olpe district

This list of flags in the district of Olpe contains the hoisting and banner flags of the district of Olpe in North Rhine-Westphalia and the cities and municipalities belonging to the district , as described in the respective statutes.

District of Olpe

circle	Hoist flag	banner	Comments
District of Olpe			The circle has the following coat of arms : "In a split shield in front in a silver (white) field a continuous black cross, behind in the golden (yellow) field two red bars." (Awarded on October 12, 1949) [...] “The circle carries a flag with the colors red and white; it shows the coat of arms of the district of Olpe. " This imprecise description comes from the main statutes of the district of Olpe. In fact, the flag is carried as follows: "The hoisted flag is in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 in the colors red: white: red stripes and shows the circular coat of arms in the shield in the middle of the white strip slightly shifted towards the pole." Description of the banner: "The banner is in three strips in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 in the colors red: white: red striped lengthways and shows the circular coat of arms in the shield in the middle of the upper half of the white strip." (Flag approved on ?? ?)

cities and communes

City or municipality	Hoist flag	banner	Comments
Hanseatic city of Attendorn	according to the main statute no hoisting flag		Approved by RP Arnsberg on August 12, 1970: Description of the banner: “The flag (in the form of a banner) has long stripes in three strips in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 from red to white to red and shows the city ​​coat of arms in the shield in the upper third of the middle one Train."
City of Drolshagen	according to the main statute no hoisting flag		Approved by RP Arnsberg on January 7, 1972: Description of the banner: “The flag (in the form of a banner) is longitudinally striped in three strips in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 from white to blue to white and shows this in the upper half of the middle blue strip City coat of arms in the shield. "
Finnentrop municipality			Approved by the RP Arnsberg on 11 October 1972: the flag Description: "The Hissflagge is in the ratio 1: 3: 1 in green: white: green vertical stripes (meaning striated) and is in the middle of the white train the municipal coat of arms in Sign." Description of the banner: "The banner is in three strips in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 in the colors green: white: green striped lengthways and shows the municipal coat of arms in the shield in the middle of the upper half of the white strip."
Kirchhundem parish		according to the main statute no banner	Approved by RP Arnsberg on February 24, 1972: Description of the flag: “The flag is striped lengthways in three strips in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 to black to yellow to black (meaning is cross-striped) with the coat of arms attached to the yellow strip in the middle the community."
City of Lennestadt	according to the main statute no hoisting flag		Approved by RP Arnsberg on March 8, 1974: Description of the banner: “The flag in the form of a banner is striped lengthways in three strips in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 from green to yellow to green and shows the city's coat of arms in the upper half of the middle strip . "
District town of Olpe	according to the main statute no hoisting flag		Approved by RP Arnsberg on ???: Description of the banner: “The district town of Olpe has a city flag (meaning a banner). It is 630 × 140 cm in size. It shows the colors "red-white-green-white-red-white-green-white-red" in nine longitudinal stripes of equal width and the city ​​coat of arms shifted upwards a little over the middle . "
municipality Contact	according to the main statute no hoisting flag		Approved by RP Arnsberg on June 11, 1970: Description of the banner: "Red-white-red in a ratio of 1: 3: 1, with the municipality's coat of arms in the middle of the upper half."

References and comments

1. ↑ § 2 of the main statutes of the district of Olpe .
2. ↑ § 2 of the main statute of the Hanseatic City of Attendorn (PDF file; 44 kB)
3. ↑ § 2 of the main statute of the city of Drolshagen  ( 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.  
4. ↑ § 2 of the main statute of the municipality of Finnentrop ( Memento of the original from February 25, 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. 
5. ↑ § 2 of the main statute of the Kirchhundem community  ( 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.  
6. ↑ § 2 of the main statute of the city of Lennestadt ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2011 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; 371 kB) 
7. ↑ § 2 of the main statute of the district town of Olpe
8. ↑ § 2 of the main statutes of the municipality of Wenden  ( 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.  

See also

• List of coats of arms in the Olpe district

Web links

• The Olpe district at kommunalflaggen.de