Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a blue flag. Above is a white iron railway bridge overstretching the total width of the flag. Beneath the bridge is a yellow cross of vanes of a windmill flanked by two white oak leaves.
Meaning:
The coat of a rms is similar, but there the leaves are placed beneath the cross. On 1 January 2008 the subcounties of KLG Burg -Süderhastedt and KLG Eddelak - Sankt Michaelisdonn merged forming the current subcounty. The bridge is taken from the arms of KLG Burg -Süderhastedt Subcounty and also symbolizing the connection between both former entities. It is a railway bridge crossing the Kiel Canal. The cross of vanes (pars pro toto) is taken from the arms of KLG Eddelak - Sankt Michaelisdonn Subcounty. The mill in the former arms had symbolized the economic importance of windmills in the former subcounty and was alluding to the existence of windmills in both municipalities. The windmill "Edda" in Sankt Michaelisdonn-Hopen had been one of the last windmills exclusively powered by wind. The leaves are symbolizing both former entities.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 15 April 2009. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2013

Municipality of Averlak

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 9 Mar 2006
approved 25 May 1990

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a white flag divided by two narrow, horizontal, blue stripes. Between the stripes is a green silhouette of two houses standing on a hill. The houses are topped by two blue spades crossed per saltire.
Meaning:
Averlak is located on the southern end of the Donn, a spit between marshes in the west and swamps in the east. The silhouette is symbolizing this location. The blue stripes (three wavy bars in the arms) are representing the North Sea, the Kiel Canal and the Kuden Lake. The spades are typical tools, used in the past for building dykes and trenches, digging peat and preparing the soil.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.79

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 25 May 1990. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Brickeln

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Mar 2006
approved 18 October 1995

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a white flag. The sheet is divided by two blue, horizontal, wavy lines. Between the lines is a red millwheel flanked by two green branches of birch.
Meaning:
The birches are a canting element. The municipality's name is derived from "grove of birches". The waves are representing the Helm's Creek. The wheel is reminding on the local watermill, which worked for some 200 years and was demolished in the middle of the 19th century.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.107

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 18 October 1995. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Buchholz

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Mar 2006
approved 9 February 1989

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a green over white over green horizontal triband with ratio approx. 1:5:1. In the white stripe are from hoist to fly a beech leaf, two trees, another beech leaf (all in green).
Meaning:
All elements and the green colour are alluding to the beech woods, which gave the municipality its name.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.111

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 9 February 1989. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Burg

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 12 Mar 2006
approved 26 August 1952

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is blue over white over blue horizontal triband with ratio approx. 1:7:1. In the middle of the white stripe is a red castle with port and windows blue over blue waves. The castle has an embattled wall and two embattled towers. Above are two blue keys placed crosswise. The upright key is exceeding the white stripe and is countercharged.
Meaning:
The castle (German: Burg) is of course canting. It is probably symbolizing the Bökelnburg, a Saxon fortification against the numerous assaults of Franks, Danes and Slaves in the 9th century. The impetus of the Slavic tribe of Abodrites in 1033 was stopped here and in Itzehoe.
Reputedly Rudolf II, the last count of Stade, was killed here and the castle was destroyed afterwards. Archbishop Hartwig von Bremen, the count's brother, donated a church dedicated to St.Peter, which was built between 1148 and 1168. The keys are St. Peter's attributes. The waves are symbolizing the Burger-Au aka Wolber-Au and the Kiel Canal. The arms or the just the keys(?) are based upon a parish seal from 1409.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.116

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 26 August 1952. The artist is Wilhelm Horst Lippert from Brunsbüttel.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Dingen

Dingen Municipal Flag

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Mar 2006
approved 5 Dec 1990

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. The flag is horizontally divided by five alternating green and yellow stripes. The flaghead shows the coat of arms without shield.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Dingen Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms: The shield is divided per bend sinister wavy. Above right in a green field is a golden (=yellow) goshawk. Below left in a golden (= yellow) field is a green chestnut leaf.
Meaning:
The yellow colour is symbolizing moraines and ripening grain. The green colour is symbolizing marshes and meadows. The wavy line is symbolizing the Friedrichshöfer Au, a local creek. Chestnuts and goshawks are very common in the nearby Dinger Donn, a former bay bar.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.123

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 5 December 1990. The artist is Gerard Peter Parkinson from Meldorf.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Eddelak

Eddelak Municipal Flag

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Mar 2006
approved 25 October 1993

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Eddelak Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a green shield is a silver (= white) Dutch windmill. Below is a golden (= yellow) coronet.
Meaning:
The coronet is taken from a medieval seal of Eddelak Parish, showing St.Mary crowned as heaven's queen. The windmill is representing the settlement core of Behmhusen and is also alluding to the economic importance. Furthermore it stresses the rural character of the whole municipality.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.126

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 25 October 1993. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Eggstedt

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 8 Mar 2006
approved 20 April 1988

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is green - yellow- green vertical triband with ratio approx. 1:2:1. In the yellow stripe is a black harrow topped by two green branches of oak, each with one leaf between two acorns of the same colour.
Meaning: Although without doubt the name is derived from corner (German: Ecke), the oak branches (Lower German: Eke) and the harrow (German: Egge) are considered to be canting elements. Furthermore the harrow is symbolizing agriculture and the branches riches of groves. The green colour is symbolizing the local pastures while the yellow colour is symbolizing the wealth of the farmers.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.124

The flag was approved on 20 April 1988. The coat of arms was approved on 26 September 1985. The artist is E. Lommatzsch from Eggstedt.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Frestedt

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 8 Mar 2006
approved 12 January 1993

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. The green sheet is divided by two white horizontal lines connected by a white bend, which is interrupted in the centre. A yellow oak leaf is in the upper fly, another in the lower hoist.
Meaning:
A cut is crossing the municipality separating Frestedt proper from Weddel. The interruption is symbolizing a bridge. The two leaves are symbolizing both settlement cores and the riches of oak trees.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.140

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 12 January 1993. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Großenrade

Großenrade Municipal Flag

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Mar 2006
approved 16 March 1992

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Großenrade Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a green shield is a silver (= white) stomp of an oak tree with four leaves. Above the stomp are an axe and a mattock of the same colour crossed per saltire.
Meaning:
The name of the municipality means "great forest clearance". Thus the arms are canting, showing the tools and the result of the clearance. The green colour is symbolizing nature and the former woods.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.152

The flag was approved on 16 March 1992. The coat of arms was approved on 11 January 1991. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Hochdonn

Hochdonn Municipal Flag

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Mar 2006
approved 21 July 1992

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Hochdonn Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms: The shield is divided per fess. Above in a silver (= white) field is a blue iron railway-bridge. Below in a green field is a bunch of three acorns and two oak leaves, all in silver (= white).
Meaning:
The green colour is symbolizing the importance of agriculture, which had been the only business line until 1887. Then the construction of the Kiel Canal was started. Local people got extra work, sold parts of their soil and took care of accommodation and catering of the numerous foreign workers. The situation was improved in 1907 by the extension of the canal and again in 1913, when the railway bridge over the canal was built. In 1920 the municipality was connected with the railway system. The oak is symbolizing plantings on the local part of the spit, called Donn.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.178

The flag was approved on 21 July 1992. The coat of arms was approved on 6 December 1991. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Kuden

Kuden Municipal Flag

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Mar 2006
approved 12 January 1995

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Kuden Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided by an ascending line. Above right in a golden (= yellow) field are a green ear of grain and a walking stick of the same colour, both are crossed per saltire. Below left in a blue field is a silver (=white) ringwall, made of palisades, with an open gate.
Meaning:
The yellow colour is symbolizing the sandy moraines. The blue colour is symbolizing the marshes, which have a high level of ground water in the area. The fort had been found during archaeological excavations in 1994. Details are not yet known. The grain is symbolizing agriculture. The stick is alluding to a legend: A man went out to walk. Coming back he found the houses of his hometown destroyed and the people killed by an epidemic plague. Then he settled down in Kuden and became its first inhabitant.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.217

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 12 January 1995. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Quickborn

[Quickborn (Dithmarschen) municipal flag]

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 9 Mar 2006
approved 18 Aug 1993

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. The flag is horizontally divided by nine alternating green and white stripes. In the green flaghead is a yellow well, flanked by two white oak leaves. The well consists of a basin, a column and two tabs.
Meaning:
The well is a canting element. The basin had been built around a natural fountain. The oak leaves are alluding to the oak woods of the past. All hamlets around had been generated by forest clearance.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.276

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 18 August 1993. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Sankt Michaelisdonn

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Mar 2006
approved 6 December 1991

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. The flag is horizontally divided by nine alternating blue and yellow stripes. In the blue flaghead is a yellow ensemble showing St. Michael killing the dragon. The saint has the outfit of a local farmer, not of an angel. He is killing the dragon by a scythe blade on top of a pole. In the upper hoist corner is a small yellow cross of vanes.
Meaning:
St. Michael can be found on old seals of the local parish church dedicated to him. The church was erected between 1610 and 1611, financed by collections of the inhabitants. The municipality was first mentioned in 1612 as "Niekerken upe Dunne" or "Karcke upm Dunnen", i.e. (new) church upon spit (local: Donn). The name of the church later became part of the municipality's name. The vanes are representing a local windmill.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.297

The flag was approved on 6 December 1991. The coat of arms was approved on 26 November 1964. The artist is Wilhelm Horst Lippert from Brunsbüttel.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Municipality of Süderhastedt

Süderhastedt Municipal Flag

3:5

image by Jörg Majewski, 23 Mar 2006
approved 17 February 1993

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. The flag is horizontally divided by nine alternating white and green stripes. In the green flaghead is the coat of arms without shield.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

Süderhastedt Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
On the base of a green shield are two silver (= white) swords crossed per saltire. Above are three heraldic roses,- seeded green - of the same colour and ordered per pale between two golden (= yellow) ears of grain.
Meaning:
The swords are a canting element, symbolizing the municipality's name, which means "military camp". The grain is symbolizing agriculture. The roses can be found as an adornment of the altar of the local parish church. They are stressing that Süderhastedt had been a parish, a centre of parochial and civil administration, in the medieval.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.335

The flag was approved on 17 February 1993. The coat of arms was approved on 3 December 1991. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2013

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