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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Düren County flag]](../images/d/de-dn.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Aug 2011
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It is an 8-stripes flag, divided by alternating yellow and blue horizontal stripes. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: §2(3) of Hauptsatzung of Düren County, version 11 November 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Aug 2011
![[Düren County old flag]](../images/d/de-dn4.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020
It was a horizontal 4-stripes flag with alternating yellow and blue stripes. The coat of arms was shifted to the hoist.
Source: letter from NRW Main State Archive to Dieter Linder on 9 November 1999, image based on painting of Falko Schmidt
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020
Shield is parted per fess, above Or a demi-lion rampant issuant Sable tongued Gules, beneath Azure a sheet of paper Argent superimposed by a black initial "D".
Meaning:
According to source the lion is taken from the arms of the Dukes of Jülich. They gained control over the nowadays county district's territory between 1177 and 1423. In 1246 the free imperial city of Düren was mortgaged to the Dukes of Jülich. The "D" is symbolising Düren, the sheet of paper turns out, that in the 16th century the region of Düren was famous for its paper manufacturing all over the world.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.28
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Aug 2011
The coat of arms was approved on 19 June 1942 by Prussian Minister of State. The old flag was approved on 4 June 1958. The new flag was approved on 27 October 1972.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020
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