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Borgholzhausen City (Germany)

Stadt Borgholzhausen, Kreis Gütersloh, Northrhine-Westphalia

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2007

Borgholzhausen City
Borgholzhausen Flag
Borgholzhausen Coat of Arms
Borgholzhausen former Flag
Borgholzhausen former Coat of Arms

See also:

Gütersloh County (Northrhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Gütersloh cities and municipalities
County and Municipal Flags (Northrhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Northrhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Germany

Borgholzhausen City

The city was established 1 July 1969, when the municipalities of Barnhausen, Berghausen, Borgholzhausen (proper), Casum, Cleve, Hamlingdorf, Holtfeld, Kleekamp, Oldendorf, Ostbarthausen, Westbarthausen und Wichlinghausen merged.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2007

Borgholzhausen Flag

It is a horizontal red over white over red flag with centred arms. The ratio between the stripes is 1:2:1.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.104

Borgholzhausen Coat of Arms

Over three red chevrons in a silver (=white) field is a red wall topped by four pinnacles filling the whole field.
Meaning:
The chevrons are the coat of arms of the Counts of Ravensberg. The wall is a symbol of the rank of a city.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.104
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2007

Borgholzhausen former Flag

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2019

It was a white flag with centred arms.
Source: information provided by Klaus Günther
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2019

Borgholzhausen former Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter Argent an embattled wall Gules masoned Sable, at sinister Argent three chevrons Gules.
Meaning:
Like above the chevrons are the coat of arms of the Counts of Ravensberg. The wall is a symbol of a city.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.104
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2019

Flag and arms were approved by district governor (Regierungspräsident) Detmold on 14 January 1970. The coat of arms the same like that one of the former Borgholzhausen Subcounty (German: Amt), approved on 17 March 1938 by Oberpräsident of Prussian Westphalia Province. The former arms were approved by Prussian Ministry of State 28 August 1929. The former flag was never approved officially.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2007 / 2 Feb 2019

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