Drensteinfurt
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: City / Municipality
Summary
About the place: Drensteinfurt is a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located in the Warendorf district south of Münster. The town features a rich history and is set within the scenic rural landscape of the Münsterland region.
Flag Description: The flag is a horizontal bicolor consisting of an upper blue stripe and a lower white stripe, with an estimated aspect ratio of 3:5. Centered on the flag is the town's coat of arms. The shield is blue and displays a walking white stag facing right (heraldic left) with its front left hoof raised, holding a leafy twig or clover in its mouth. The stag stands upon a white stone ford consisting of rows of masonry blocks.
Symbolism: The colors of the flag, blue and white, are derived from the main tinctures of the town's coat of arms. The coat of arms itself is a canting device: the stag stepping across a stone ford graphically represents the town's name, Drensteinfurt (stone ford). The twig in the stag's mouth is a traditional local symbol.
Flag Description: The flag is a horizontal bicolor consisting of an upper blue stripe and a lower white stripe, with an estimated aspect ratio of 3:5. Centered on the flag is the town's coat of arms. The shield is blue and displays a walking white stag facing right (heraldic left) with its front left hoof raised, holding a leafy twig or clover in its mouth. The stag stands upon a white stone ford consisting of rows of masonry blocks.
Symbolism: The colors of the flag, blue and white, are derived from the main tinctures of the town's coat of arms. The coat of arms itself is a canting device: the stag stepping across a stone ford graphically represents the town's name, Drensteinfurt (stone ford). The twig in the stag's mouth is a traditional local symbol.
Statistics
Area
106.60 km²
Population
15,907