Haseldorf Subcounty (Germany)

Amt Haseldorf, Kreis Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein

Last modified: 2019-05-24 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: haseldorf(subcounty) | haselau | hetlingen | hazelnuts(3) | fess(wavy) | willow | chess flower |
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• Introduction of Haseldorf Subcounty


• Haselau Municipality
• Haselau Flag
• Haselau Coat of Arms
• Hetlingen Municipality
• Hetlingen Flag
• Hetlingen Coat of Arms

• Schleswig-Holstein
• Schleswig-Holstein counties and municipalities
• Pinneberg County
• Germany

Introduction of Haseldorf Subcounty

The Haseldorf Marsh is located on the northern bank of Elbe river, right west of the city of Wedel. The subcounty of haseldorf has three municipalitiesw.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2012

Haselau Municipality

Haselau Flag

It is a blue over white over red horizontal tricolour, i.e. the civil flag of Schleswig-Holstein, superimposed by the municipal coat of arms.
Source: own photo, shot in August 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2012

Haselau Coat of Arms

The silver (= white) shield is divided by a light blue fess wavy, which is placed between three hazelnuts in natural colour ordered 2:1. The hazelnuts are reddish brown and barbed green.
Meaning:
The arms are canting, meaning hazelnut bushes in a water meadow.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.167

The coat of arms was approved on 17 January 1990. Probably the flag never had been approved officially.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2012

Hetlingen Municipality

Hetlingen Flag

It is a blue over white over red horizontal tricolour, i.e. the civil flag of Schleswig-Holstein, superimposed by the municipal coat of arms.
Source: WSV Hetlingen webpage, image no.2
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2019

Hetlingen Coat of Arms

Shield Argent; two eradicated knotted willows Vert; base wavy Azure, charged with three chess flowers issuant ordered per fess chequered of Gules and Argent with stem and leaf Argent.
Meaning:
The willows are representing an old craft, as the local people in the past produced barrel hoops made of osier stakes. The base wavy id representing Elbe River. The chess flowers (Latin: Fritillaria meleagris) belong to a very rare kind of lilies in that area. Their petals are indeed coloured like chessboards.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.177

The arms were approved on 11 January 1982. Probably the flag never had been approved officially.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2019

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