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County and Municipal Flags (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Kreis- und Gemeindeflaggen

Higher Communal Associations (Kommunalverbände, Landesverbände and Landschaftsverbände):
- Rhineland (Landschaftsverband Rheinland)
- Westphalia-Lippe (Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe)
- Lippe (Landesverband Lippe)
- Ruhr Region (Kommunalverband Ruhrgebiet)
County Flags (Kreisflaggen):
- Coesfeld County (Kreis Coesfeld)
- Rhein-Erft-Kreis County (Rhein-Erft-Kreis, until 1st November 2003 Erftkreis County)
- Lippe County (Kreis Lippe)
- Märkischer Kreis County (Märkischer Kreis)
- Mettmann County (Kreis Mettmann)
- Wesel County (Kreis Wesel)
Flags of Former Counties:
- Iserlohn County until 1975 (Kreis Iserlohn)
- Lüdenscheid/Altena County until 1975 (Kreis Lüdenscheid/Altena)
County-Free City Flags (Flaggen kreisfreier Städte):
- City of Aachen (Stadt Aachen)
- City of Bielefeld (Stadt Bielefeld)
- City of Bochum (Stadt Bochum)
- Federal City of Bonn (Bundesstadt Bonn)
- City of Bottrop (Stadt Bottrop)
- City of Cologne (Stadt Köln)
- City of Dortmund (Stadt Dortmund)
- City of Duisburg (Stadt Duisburg)
- City of Düsseldorf (Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf)
- City of Essen (Stadt Essen)
- City of Gelsenkirchen (Stadt Gelsenkirchen)
- City of Hagen (Stadt Hagen)
- City of Hamm (Stadt Hamm)
- City of Herne (Stadt Herne)
- City of Krefeld (Stadt Krefeld)
- City of Leverkusen (Stadt Leverkusen)
- City of Mönchengladbach (Stadt Mönchengladbach)
- City of Mülheim (Stadt Mülheim)
- City of Münster (Stadt Münster)
- City of Oberhausen (Stadt Oberhausen)
- City of Remscheid (Stadt Remscheid)
- City of Solingen (Stadt Solingen)
- City of Wuppertal (Stadt Wuppertal)
Other Municipal Flags (andere Gemeindeflaggen):
- City of Altena (Stadt Altena)
- City of Balve (Stadt Balve)
- Municipality of Bad Laasphe (Gemeinde Bad Laasphe)
- City of Halver (Stadt Halver)
- City of Iserlohn (Stadt Iserlohn)
- Municipality of Kaarst (Gemeinde Kaarst)
- City of Kierspe (Stadt Kierspe)
- City of Lüdenscheid (Stadt Lüdenscheid)
- City of Meinerzhagen (Stadt Meinerzhagen)
- City of Menden (Stadt Menden)
- City of Neuenrade (Stadt Neuenrade)
- Municipality of Neuss am Rhein (Gemeinde Neuss am Rhein)
- City of Plettenberg (Stadt Plettenberg)
- Municipality of Schalksmühle (Gemeinde Schalksmühle)
- City of Werdohl (Stadt Werdohl)
- Municipality of Willich (Gemeinde Willich)

See also:

North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)
Germany

Other sites:

Nordrhein-Westfalen: Kreise at Dirk Schönberger's Administrative Divisions of the World website
Clicable Map of North Rhine-Westphalia Counties at Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website

Higher Communal Associations

Kommunalverbände, Landesverbände and Landschaftsverbände

Higher communal associations in North Rhine-Westphalia are a difficult subject, as their territories partially overlap. There are two higher communal associations that are basically congruent with the borders of former Prussian provinces, the Landschaftsverband Rheinland and the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe. Furthermore a part of Westfalen-Lippe also forms the Landesverband Lippe (former state of Lippe), and there is a Kommunalverband Ruhrgebiet containing territories of Rheinland and Westfalen-Lippe.

Marcus Schmöger, 15 October 2001

County-Free City Flags

Flaggen kreisfreier Städte

There are twenty-three county-free cities (kreisfreie Städte) in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Stefan Schwoon, 22 February 2001

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