Comprehensive Municipality of Land Hadeln (Germany)

Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln, Kreis Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2013-12-07 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Introduction
• Otterndorf City Flag with Coat of Arms
• Otterndorf City Coat of Arms
• Otterndorf City Plain Flag reported 1891

• County and Municipal Flags (Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen, Germany)
• Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen, Germany)
• Germany

Introduction

Hadeln, the former Land Hadeln, is located on the Southern bank of River Elbe, just east of the city of Cuxhaven. The comprehensive municipality of Hadeln consists of the city of Otterndorf and three minor municipalities: Neuenkirchen,Nordleda and Osterbruch. The comprehensive municipality merged with the comprehensive municipality of Sietland (with municipalities of Ihlienworth, Odisheim, Steinau and Wanna), which had been formed in 1970/1972, on 1 January 2011. Hadeln is said to be the origin of the tribe of Saxons.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Dec 2011

Otterndorf City Flag with Coat of Arms

Description of flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag top by a white stripe bearing the name of the city in black capitals.
Source: photo of Gunnar Staack, published in Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2011

Please note that I don't know the status of this flag. According to Gunnar Staack this one was a flag to buy for locals and tourists. It could be then just a bicolour displaying the arms of the city. The only flags I could find within the city's pages were vertical bicolours hung during the celebration of the 600 years anniversary. A plain flag is also known since the 19th century.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2011

Otterndorf City Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per pale. The dexter side shows the arms of Saxony. The sinister side shows a golden (=yellow) otter in a blue field.
Meaning:
According to source Otterndorf gained city rights around 1400 from duke Erich of Saxe-Lauenburg. The oldest seals date from the same time and are already showing the combination given above. The otter is canting. The composition has not changed since then, although the otter has also often been placed into the dexter half of the shield.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.65
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2011

Otterndorf City Plain Flag reported 1891

Description of  flag:
The ratio is given as 1:2. It was a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour. The information is confirmed by Stadler 1970, p.65.
Source:H.Ahrens "Hannoversche Landschafts-und Städtewappen", 1891, plate XX
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2011

The coat of arms was approved in 1948.

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