Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Delbrück flag]](../images/d/de-pb-db.gif)
3:5 
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Jun 2010
Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a 5-stripes flag with alternating horizontal red and white stripes. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.367
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Jun 2010
![[Delbrück banner]](../images/d/de-pb_db.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Jun 2010
Description of banner:
It is a 5-stripes flag with alternating vertical red and white stripes. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.367
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Jun 2010
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is tierced per pale reversed. The 1st field shows in a silver(=white) field a black hawthorn having ten red hips. The 2nd field shows in a silver(=white) field a black rampant dog tongued red. The 3rd field is a silver(=white) field divided by a black centred cross.
Meaning:
According to source the hawthorn is taken from the former arms of the city. The number of hips is symbolizing the ten settlement cores, which formed the new city. The dog is taken from the arms of the dissolved municipality of Boke. The origin of the cross is doubtful. The archbishopric of Paderborn used red and gold. Some say that it had to do with a pilgrimage to the Holy Cross, maybe a church, in Delbrück.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.113
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Jun 2010
Flag, banner and coat of arms were approved by Regierungspräsident Detmold on 16 August 1977.
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