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![[Hochsauerland county flag]](../images/d/de-ar.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Nov 2007
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It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1. The coat of arms in the centre of the white stripe.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.309
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Nov 2007
![[Hochsauerland county banner]](../images/d/de-ar_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Nov 2007
It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms shifted to the top in the hite stripe.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.309
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Nov 2007
Shield Gules an eagle Argent, upon his breast an inescutcheon Argent parted by a cross Sable.
Meaning:
The eagle is alluding to the Counts of Arnsberg and the inescutcheon to their heirs, the Archbishops and Electors of Köln. The arms are identical to the arms of the former Arnsberg County.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.73 , Linder and Olzog, 1996 and Ralf Hartemink
Jarig Bakker and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Nov 2007
Flag, banner and arms were approved on 31 October 1975 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Arnsberg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Nov 2007
![[Brilon county flag]](../images/d/de-ar-c1.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020
It was an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: letter from county archive of Hochsauerland County to Falko Schmidt on 18 August 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020
Shield parted per fess; above parted per pale, at dexter Argent a throughout centred cross Sable, at sinister an 8-point star Sable; beneath Gules three water lily leaves Or.
Meaning:
The 1st quarter displays the arms of the Archbishopric and Electorate of Köln, which ruled the county until 1802. The 2nd quarter displays the arms of the Counts of Waldeck, who ruled parts of the county before the archbishops. The water lily leaves, in the area colloquially called "stag beetle's horns" (German: Schröterhörner) are representing the Duchy of Engern. Engern had been originally one of the three shires of the Duchy of Saxony, the name was later used for a much smaller area around Brilon, belonging to the Archbishopric of Köln.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.21
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020
The arms were approved on 18 October 1951 and the flag on 6 July 1957 by Minister of Interior of Nordrhein-Westfalen. Both were abolished on 31 December 1974, when the county was incorporated into Hochsauerland County.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2020
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