Helmstedt City (Germany)

Stadt Helmstedt, Landkreis Helmstedt, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-09-07 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Büddenstedt Borough
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• Büddenstedt Coat of Arms


• Emmerstedt Borough
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• Emmerstedt Coat of Arms


• Neu Büddenstedt Borough
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• Neu Büddenstedt Plain Flag
• Neu Büddenstedt Banner
• Neu Büddenstedt Plain Banner
• Neu Büddenstedt Coat of Arms


• Offleben Borough
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• Offleben Coat of Arms

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Helmstedt City

county seat
inhabitants 25,389
coat of arms approved on 25 May 1900
flags approved in 1905
Source: Rabbow 2003
Jörg Majewski, 19 June 2007

Helmstedt Flag

It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 19 June 2007

Helmstedt Banner

It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 19 June 2007

Shield Azure, issuant from base an embattled wall Argent masoned Sable with port Azure, crowned by an arch trefoily Argent crowned by three buildings Argent with roofs Gules, in centre a saint, sitting on a throne Or, robed Gules with mitre Gules and Or, holding a crozier Or in his right hand and a book Or, charged with a cross Sable, in his left hand.
Meaning:
The arms are taken from the first main seal from 1232, which already displayed St. Ludger, first bishop of Münster and patron saint of Helmstedt. The saint is also alluding to the Ludger Monastery. Its abbots had been the local rulers until 1490, when the city was acquired by the dukes of the Welfen kin. Smaller seals from the 14th century displayed the same pattern. The New March, being a ducal possession, had its proper seal, disolaying the lion of the Welfen kin. Since 1568 the city arms, known from buildings and seals, displayed two croziers in saltire, representing the monasteries of Helmstedt and Werden. They were called "spoons" by the local people.
The arms based on the first seal were approved officially in 1900.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.48
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2017

Büddenstedt Borough

incorporated on 1 July 2017
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2017

Büddenstedt Flag (since 1974)

It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1 and with centred arms.
Source: "Chronik der Einheitsgemeinde Büddenstedt 1974 - 2014", Hrsg.: Gemeinde Büddenstedt c/o Frank Neddermeier; p.12
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2017

Büddenstedt Banner (since 1974)

It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1. The coat of arms is in the white stripe and shifted to the top.
Source: "Chronik der Einheitsgemeinde Büddenstedt 1974 - 2014", Hrsg.: Gemeinde Büddenstedt c/o Frank Neddermeier; p.12
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2017

Emmerstedt Borough

incorporated on 1 March 1974
inhabitants 2,500
coat of arms approved on 7 August 1967
Source: Rabbow 2003
Jörg Majewski, 20 June 2007

Emmerstedt Flag

It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 20 June 2007

Emmerstedt Banner

It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 20 June 2007

Shield Azure, in chief a windmill Or, in base a plant Or, flanked by two wheat ears Or in fan.
Meaning:
The colours blue and yellow had been those of Braunschweig.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2017

Neu Büddenstedt Borough (1950 - 1974)

coat of arms adopted on 31 March 1950
Sources: Rabbow 2003 and Main State Archive Hannover.
Jörg Majewski, 18 June 2007

Neu Büddenstedt Flag

It is a black over green horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Sources: "Chronik der Einheitsgemeinde Büddenstedt 1974 - 2014", Hrsg.: Gemeinde Büddenstedt c/o Frank Neddermeier; p.12 and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2017

Neu Büddenstedt Plain Flag

It is a black over green horizontal bicolour.
Source: Rabbow 2003
Jörg Majewski, 18 June 2007

Neu Büddenstedt Banner

It is a black-green vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: "Chronik der Einheitsgemeinde Büddenstedt 1974 - 2014", Hrsg.: Gemeinde Büddenstedt c/o Frank Neddermeier; p.12
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2017

Neu Büddenstedt Plain Banner

It is a black-green vertical bicolour.
Source: Rabbow 2003
Jörg Majewski, 18 June 2007

Shield quartered, the 1st and 4th quarters Argent hammer and mallet in saltire both Sable, the 2nd and 3rd quarters plain Vert.
Meaning:
Hammer and mallet are the symbols of mining and here alluding to local brown coal mining til the 20th century. The green fields are symbolising nature.
Sources: Rabbow 2003 and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2017

Offleben Borough

Offleben Flag

It is a black over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: "Chronik der Einheitsgemeinde Büddenstedt 1974 - 2014", Hrsg.: Gemeinde Büddenstedt c/o Frank Neddermeier; p.12
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2017

Offleben Banner

It is a black-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the top.
Source: "Chronik der Einheitsgemeinde Büddenstedt 1974 - 2014", Hrsg.: Gemeinde Büddenstedt c/o Frank Neddermeier; p.12
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2017

Shield Sable, a bar 8-fold chequered of Gules and Argent.
Meaning:
The chequered bar is also called a Cistercian Bar and is reminding on Riddagshausen Monastery in Braunschweig, to which Offleben belonged in the Middle Ages.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2017

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