Leverkusen
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: City / Municipality
Summary
About the place: Leverkusen is an industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, situated on the eastern bank of the Rhine between Cologne and Düsseldorf. It is best known as the headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Bayer and its affiliated sports club Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Flag Description: The flag of the city of Leverkusen is a banner of arms featuring a white field with a ratio of 3:5. In the center is the heraldic figure from the city coat of arms: a red double-tailed lion with a blue crown, tongue, and claws, overlaid by a black double-embattled counter-embattled fess.
Symbolism: The flag directly incorporates the heraldic elements of the city's coat of arms. The red double-tailed lion represents the historic Duchy of Berg (the Bergisch lion), while the black double-embattled fess derives from the arms of the medieval Lords of Opladen, a district incorporated into Leverkusen.
Flag Description: The flag of the city of Leverkusen is a banner of arms featuring a white field with a ratio of 3:5. In the center is the heraldic figure from the city coat of arms: a red double-tailed lion with a blue crown, tongue, and claws, overlaid by a black double-embattled counter-embattled fess.
Symbolism: The flag directly incorporates the heraldic elements of the city's coat of arms. The red double-tailed lion represents the historic Duchy of Berg (the Bergisch lion), while the black double-embattled fess derives from the arms of the medieval Lords of Opladen, a district incorporated into Leverkusen.
Statistics
Area
78.81 km²
Population
165,748