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Rhede Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Rhede, Emsland County, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Rhede civic flag] 5:9 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Oct 2007
Flag approved 16 Jul 1960

See also:

Rhede municipality

Municipality Rhede
county Emsland
coat of arms approved: 16 July 1960 [1]
flags approved: 16 July 1960 [2]
sources:
[1]   Hanns Fettweis, "Die Wappen der Städte, Gemeinden und Altkreise des Emslandes", 1989.
[2]   Hauptstaatsarchiv of Hannover
[3]   E-Mail from the municipality of 12th April 2005
Jörg Majewski, 22 Oct 2007

Official flag

[Rhede official flag] image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Oct 2007
approved 16 July 1960

Coat of Arms

[Rhede coat of arms] image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Oct 2007

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Or, a bend wavy Sable, accompanied by a steering wheel Sable in sinister chief and a plough share Sable in dexter base.
Meaning:
The bend wavy is representing Ems River, the steering wheel shipping and the plough share agriculture.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2016

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