Lünen
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: City / Municipality
Summary
About the place: Lünen is a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located just north of Dortmund in the Unna district. Straddling the Lippe River, it lies on the transition zone between the industrial Ruhr region and the agricultural Münsterland.
Flag Description: The flag of the town of Lünen consists of two equal horizontal stripes: red on top and yellow on the bottom (in a 3:5 aspect ratio). Centered on the flag is the town's coat of arms, featuring a yellow shield with a thin red inner border and black outline, depicting a red lion rampant with a split tail facing left from the viewer's perspective (heraldic dexter).
Symbolism: The red and yellow colors derive from the traditional colors of the Westphalian region and the city's historic coat of arms. The lion rampant in the arms refers to the town's 14th-century civic seals and historic rights, originally linked to the heraldic symbols of the Counts of Mark.
Flag Description: The flag of the town of Lünen consists of two equal horizontal stripes: red on top and yellow on the bottom (in a 3:5 aspect ratio). Centered on the flag is the town's coat of arms, featuring a yellow shield with a thin red inner border and black outline, depicting a red lion rampant with a split tail facing left from the viewer's perspective (heraldic dexter).
Symbolism: The red and yellow colors derive from the traditional colors of the Westphalian region and the city's historic coat of arms. The lion rampant in the arms refers to the town's 14th-century civic seals and historic rights, originally linked to the heraldic symbols of the Counts of Mark.
Statistics
Area
59.39 km²
Population
87,266