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Bodenteich comprehensive municipality is located in the South of Uelzen county and consists of a market town and two smaller muncipalities.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Dec 2011
![[Bad Bodenteich Market Town banner]](../images/d/de-ue-02_bt.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2011
Description of banner:
It is a red - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre(?) of the flag.
Source: in Stefan Schwoon's database, based upon
Primary Source: from BGS 1996, Heft 11/12, p.44
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2011
Description of coat of arms:
In a silver (=white) shield is a black statant stag with golden (= yellow) antlers and covered by a red blanket divided by a silver (=white) indented line. Upon the base are four black wavy fesses.
Meaning:
According to source the stag is alluding to the Bodendieke family, who died out with the Baltic branch in 19th century. Bodenteich was the origin of the family, who erected a castle in the 13th century and sold it to the dukes of Lüneburg in 14th century. The wavy fesses are alluding to lake Bodenteich, today a mere swamp but a real lake in the middle ages.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.26
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2011
