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Municipality of Hopsten (Germany)

Gemeinde Hopsten, Kreis Steinfurt, Northrhine-Westphalia

Current Flag
Banner
Coat of arms

See also:

County and Municipal Flags (Northrhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Steinfurt County
Northrhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Germany

Current Flag

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jun 2010

Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a green over white horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.422
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jun 2010

Banner

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jun 2010

Description of banner:
It is a green - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the banner.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.422
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jun 2010

Coat of arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a green shield is a silver bendy ladder. Upon the sinister chief point is a silver (=white) man wearing hat, stick and a knapsack and smoking a pipe. Upon the dexter base point is a silver (=white) blackcock.
Meaning:
According to source the ladder is symbolizing the former municipality of Schale. The ladder was canting, the name was derived from scala, the Latin word for ladder. The blackcock is symbolizing the former municipality of Halverde. The man is a linen trader, travelling around in the region backpacking his linen stuff (in the region he is known as Tödden. This trader has been taken from the arms of the old municipality of Hopsten.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.152
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jun 2010

Flag, banner and coat of arms were approved by Regierungspräsident Münster on 14 November 1988.

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