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Hamm city (Germany)

Kreisfreie Stadt Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia

3:5 image by Eugene Baldwin, 19 Nov 1998

City of Hamm
Hamm flag without arms
Borough of Bockum-Hövel

See also:

County and Municipal Flags (North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen)
North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Germany

City of Hamm

Hamm is a county-free city (Kreisfreie Stadt) east of Düsseldorf and south of Münster.
Eugene Baldwin, 19 Nov 1998

Hamm has 180,000 inhabitants.
Kai A. Hamm, 23 Jun 2000

The chequered stripe is taken from the arms. From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website: Hamm was founded in 1226 by Adolf I, Count of the Mark, and later became the capital of the County of the Mark. In 1263 the village received city rights. Around 1275 the arms of the Counts was changed to the chequered fess. The city subsequently started to use the new arms in its seals since 1297. The new arms became the lesser arms of the city until 1875, when it became the official arms. The arms were reconfirmed in 1909 and 1934.
Literature: Stadler 1964-1971.
Santiago Dotor, 20 Dec 2001

Hamm flag without arms

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2007
used until 1975

City of Hamm (Northrhine-Westphalia) n.c.
The flags ratio is 3:5. It is a red over white horizontal bicolour.
The flag was probably used until 1975.
Source: Klemens STADLER, images by Max REINHART: "Deutsche Wappen Bd.VII Nordrhein-Westfalen" Bremen 1972; p.48.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2007

Borough of Bockum-Hövel

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2007

Bockum-Hövel (city of Hamm / Northrhine-Westphalia)
The flags ratio is 3:5. It is a red over white horizontal bicolour.
Source: Klemens STADLER, images by Max REINHART: "Deutsche Wappen Bd.VII Nordrhein-Westfalen" Bremen 1972; p.26.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2007

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