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County and Municipal Flags of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)

Kreis- und Gemeindeflaggen in Schleswig-Holstein

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image by Santiago Dotor, May 1999
this flag is also flown by the authorities of the subdivisions of Schleswig-Holstein

How to use
Any other municipal entity not listed below, and many boroughs and villages, still having a flag, can be found either by clicking upon their proper counties listed below or, if you don't know the county by using either the complete index ordered by alphabet or by trying the search function of Stefan Schwoon's database !

County Flags

Kreisflaggen

County-Free City Flags

Flaggen kreisfreier Städte

See also:

Outside link: Stefan Schwoon's database municipal flags of Schleswig-Holstein, where you can find a map of the counties.

County Flags / Kreisflaggen

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany's northernmost state, has eleven counties, all of which have flags, and I was able to get information on five of them. In general, the designs are more varied than those of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Sources: Stadler 1964 and Reißmann 1997 .
Stefan Schwoon, 31 Jan 2001

Schleswig-Holstein Counties / Kreise:

(county-codes from Stefan Schwoon's Kommunalflaggen - Schleswig-Holstein: here

Dithmarschen County (DI) (Kreis Dithmarschen) - Dithmarschen cities and municipalities
Herzogtum Lauenburg County (RZ) (Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg) - Herzogtum Lauenburg cities and municipalities
Nordfriesland County (NF) (Kreis Nordfriesland) - Nordfriesland cities and municipalities
Ostholstein County (OH) (Kreis Ostholstein) - Ostholstein cities and municipalities
Pinneberg County (PI) (Kreis Pinneberg) - Pinneberg cities and municipalities
Plön County (PL) (Kreis Plön) - Plön cities and municipalities
Rendsburg-Eckernförde County (RD) (Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde) - Rendsburg-Eckernförde cities and municipalities
Schleswig-Flensburg County (SL) (Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg) - Schleswig-Flensburg cities and municipalities
Segeberg County (SE) (Kreis Segeberg) - Segeberg cities and municipalities
Steinburg County (IZ) (Kreis Steinburg) - Steinburg cities and municipalities
Stormarn County (OD) (Kreis Stormarn) - Stormarn cities and municipalities

County-Free City Flags / Flaggen kreisfreier Städte

Schleswig-Holstein has four county-free cities (Kreisfreie Städte):

City of Flensburg (FL) (Stadt Flensburg)
City of Kiel (KI) (Stadt Kiel)
Hansa City of Lübeck (HL) (Hansestadt Lübeck)
City of Neumünster (NM) (Stadt Neumünster)

Stefan Schwoon, 12 Feb 2001

Other cities can be found within their proper counties above.

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