Market Town of Aerzen (Germany)

Flecken Aerzen, Kreis Hameln-Pyrmont, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2013-11-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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Market Town of Aerzen

Aerzen Flag

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over white over blue horizontal triband with ratio 1:6:1. The coat of arms is in the centre of the white stripe.
Source: Main State Archive Hannover

Aerzen Doubtful Bicolour

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag. Please note that probably there exists no such flag.
Source: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of the market town of Aerzen, version 15 December 2011
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2013

Aerzen Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a blue shield is a golden (= yellow), rampant lion, crowned, armed and tongued red. Beneath the lion the shield is divided by a silver (= white) bar wavy.
Meaning:
The lion is taken from the arms of the Counts of Everstein who ruled the area from 1033-1425. They made Aerzen their administrative centre and seat of a court. Their heirs were the Guelfish Dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg. The granted the title of a market town in 1653. The lion's colours were adapted to those of the Welfen kin. The original lion of Everstein had been silver (= white) with a golden crown. The wavy bar in the base of the shield is symbolizing the little rivers Humme and Grieße.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.15

The arms were approved in 1933 and are based on the old seal of the subcounty (Amt) Aerzen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2013

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