Niederbayern District (Germany)

Bezirk Niederbayern, Bavaria

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• Niederbayern district

• County-Free City Flags (Flaggen kreisfreier Städte):
  • City of Landshut (Stadt Landshut)
  • City of Passau (Stadt Passau)
  • City of Straubing (Stadt Straubing)
• County Flags (Landkreisflaggen):
  • Deggendorf County (Landkreis Deggendorf)
  • Dingolfing-Landau County (Landkreis Dingolfing-Landau)
  • Freyung-Grafenau County (Landkreis Freyung-Grafenau)
  • Kelheim County (Landkreis Kelheim)
  • Landshut County (Landkreis Landshut)
  • Passau County (Landkreis Passau)
  • Regen County (Landkreis Regen)
  • Rottal-Inn County (Landkreis Rottal-Inn)
  • Straubing-Bogen County (Landkreis Straubing-Bogen)
• Counties before the 30th June 1972 municipal reform:
  • Bogen County (Landkreis Bogen)
  • Dingolfing County (Landkreis Dingolfing)
  • Eggenfelden County (Landkreis Eggenfelden)
  • Landau County (Landkreis Landau)
  • Mainburg County (Landkreis Mainburg)
  • Pfarrkirchen County (Landkreis Pfarrkirchen)
  • Rottenburg County (Landkreis Rottenburg)
  • Straubing County (Landkreis Straubing)
  • Vilsbiburg County (Landkreis Vilsbiburg)

• Higher Communal Associations (Höhere Kommunalverbände, including Bezirke)
• Bavaria (Bayern, Germany)
• Germany

• Das Wappen des Bezirks Niederbayern (Coat-of-Arms of the Niederbayern District, German text only) at the Bezirk Niederbayern website

Niederbayern district

The district Niederbayern (Lower Bavaria) comprises areas to the south and east of the Danube in south-eastern Bavaria, including the cities of Landshut, Passau and Straubing.
Stefan Schwoon, 26 Sep 2001

The coat-of-arms (since 24th September 1957) shows the Bavarian lozenges and the [heraldic] panther from the arms of the Spanheim family. The unofficial flag is horizontally divided red-white with the arms in the center. There had been quite some discussion on the flag topic. The Bezirk was not happy with the suggested simply striped flag (communal flags in Bavaria have to be of two or three stripes, with or without the arms) and wanted to have something more distinctive. In 1961 a banner-of-arms was in the discussion, but also rejected by the Bavarian Hauptstaatsarchiv (Main State Archives). Later on the Bezirk obviously decided to use the first suggested flag (red-white), but without the approval by the Ministry of the Interior. Source: Linder 1997 which is available online at the Der Flaggenkurier website. Further information at the Bezirk Niederbayern website (illustration and description of the arms).
M. Schmöger, 27 Jan 2001

Later on I obtained information from the Bezirk to clarify the question of how the flag actually looks like, especially if it is used as a normal horizontal flag or as a hanging flag (Banner). The flag is used as a hanging flag of approximate proportion 3:1.
Source: a photo provided by Dieter Linder.
M. Schmöger, 10 May 2001

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