Rhineland (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Landschaftsverband Rheinland

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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by Marcus Schmöger
Flag adopted (without coat-of-arms) 3 November 1954, first adopted for Rhineland province 1882

• Description

See also:

• Higher Communal Associations (Höhere Kommunalverbände, including Landschaftsverbände)
• Rhineland Province 1882-1935 (Provinz Rheinland, Prussia)
• Ruhr Region (Kommunalverband Ruhrgebiet, North Rhine-Westphalia)
• County and Municipal Flags (North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)

Höhere Kommunalverbände (higher communal associations) in North Rhine-Westphalia are a difficult subject, as their territories partially overlap. The Landschaftsverband Rheinland is basically congruent with the borders of the former Prussian Rhineland province. The Landschaftsverband Rheinland has a flag prescribed in its statutes of 3 November 1954. Actually this is the flag formerly used by the Prussian province of Rheinland. It is a bicolour green over white, used with the arms in the centre. The arms are (blazon): Vert, a bend wavy Argent, on a chief Argent the Prussian eagle (Sable, armed Or). The flag is used for ceremonial occasions only, as the Landschaftsverband has introduced (17 May 2001) a new logo, that is also shown on the flags for everyday use. Although I have a picture of the logo, I do not know how the flag actually looks like.

Sources:

• Dieter Linder, The "Höhere Kommunalverbände" in Germany, oral presentation during the 19th International Congress of Vexillology at York (23-27 July 2001) (with permission from the author)
• Landschaftsverband Rheinland website

Marcus Schmöger, 15 October 2001

The statutes (Hauptsatzung) are available online here [including a large colour image of the arms]. The paragraph about the flag does not mention the arms, just the bicolour.

Stefan Schwoon, 16 October 2001

Stefan Schwoon is right in that the Hauptsatzung does not mention the bicolour with the arms. However, this is used de facto, as the use of the arms on the simple bicolour or triband is the qui