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Samtgemeinde Harsefeld, Stade county, Lower Saxony
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3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 May 2009
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Samtgemeinde Harsefeld
Samtgemeinde* Harsefeld (Stade county; Lower Saxony).
Samtgemeinde Harsefeld consists of the municipalities Ahlerstedt, Bargstedt
municipality, Brest municipality, Flecken Harsefeld.
Description of flag: The ratio is estimated 3:5. It is a blue
over white horizontal bicolour with the coat of arms in its centre.
Description of coat of arms: In a silver field is a knight in black
armour with dark blue plumes upon his helmet. The knight is riding a black
horse bridled golden. The chief is blue with three golden roses. The base
is also blue with two golden roses.
Source: Hauptsatzung der Samtgemeinde Harsefeld, dated 5 July 2007,
published in „Amtsblatt für den Landkreis Stade Nr.31“, p.163 on 2 August
2007.
Meaning: The arms are double canting (Harsefeld = horse = Ross; and
roses = Ross).
For further information click: www.harsefeld.de
Source: I spotted this flag on 3 October 2007 in an allotment garden
in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg.
*A "Samtgemeinde", also called "collective municipality"
is a combination of several municipalities to an administrative community
in Lower Saxony.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 May 2009
Arms
image from the SG-site.
Flecken Harsefeld
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 May 2009
Flecken Harsefeld, Samtgemeinde Harsefeld (Stade county; Lower
Saxony)
Flecken Harsefeld includes the wards of Griemshorst, Hollenbeck,
Issendorf, Ruschwedel, Weißenfelde, as well as the central ward Harsefeld,
the administrative centre of the Samtgemeinde.
Inhabitants: 12.262 (30.06.2008); area: 52,37 km2.
According to Hauptsatzung of Flecken Harsefeld, dated 22 April 1997,
published in „Amtsblatt für den Landkreis Stade Nr.25”, p.225 on 3 July
1997 the municipality, not the Samtgemeinde, uses a plain blue over white
bicolour.
*A "Samtgemeinde", also called "collective municipality"
is a combination of several municipalities to an administrative community
in Lower Saxony.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 May 2009
Flecken Harsefeld Arms
image from the SG-site.