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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Schleswig-Flensburg County (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)]](../images/d/de-sl.gif)
1:2
image by Dieter Linder and Stefan Schwoon, 1 Feb 2001
This flag is taken from Erich Dieter Linder, Die Flaggen deutscher Landkreise (Flags of German counties), in Der Flaggenkurier no. 2, 1996, pp. 4-10, and coloured according to the description there. The format there is 1:2. The two lions stem from the Duchy of Schleswig and appear in similar form in the arms as shown in Ralf Hartemink's webpage. Adopted 3 Oct 1977, according to Dirk Schönberger's Administrative Divisions of the World website.
Stefan Schwoon, 1 Feb 2001
From Ralf Hartemink's webpage: The arms are derived from the old arms of the Duchy of Schleswig, which showed three lions. The two lions each in a separate field, symbolize the two former districts. The waves in the base of the shield symbolise the Baltic Sea and the many inlets and bays in the district.
Source: Reißmann 1997
Santiago Dotor, 23 Oct 2001
The flag was approved on 3 October 1977, the coat of arms on 12 November 1974.
Stefan Schwoon, 1 Feb 2001
![[Flensburg-Land County (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)]](../images/d/de-sl-c1.gif)
3:5
image by Falko Schmidt and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Oct 2019
It was a blue over white over red horizontal tricolour with stripes of equal width. The coat of arms was in the canton, superimposing the blue and white stripe.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Oct 2019
Shield parted per fess, above Or a lion passant Azure, armed and tongued Gules, beneath Azure, five heraldic roses Argent, barbed and seeded Or and ordered 3:2.
Meaning:
The county belonged totally to the Duchy of Schleswig. Thus a lion of the Schleswig arms had been chosen for the upper half. The roses are symbolising the five districts of the county. They are called "Harden" in Danish and had been districts for the local militia first and finally administration and juridical units.
(editorial note: a harde is the Scandinavian equivalent of the English hundred, a former subdivision of a county, organizing local jurisdiction and yeomanry militia)
Sources: letter of State Archive, sent on 12 September 2000 and Stadler 1964, p.34
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Oct 2019
The arms were approved on 11 July 1946 by the British Military Government. The county applied for the flag in 1948, which however had never been approved.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Oct 2019
![[Schleswig County (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)]](../images/d/de-sl-c2.gif)
3:5 image by Falko Schmidt and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Oct 2019
It was an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Oct 2019
![[Schleswig County pennant (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)]](../images/d/de-sl-c2p.gif){kind=small}
image by Falko Schmidt and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Oct 2019
It was a triangular pennant horizontally divided of blue and yellow with a blue head containing the white seagull from the arms.
Source: presentation of Klaus Günther on 27 September 2020 in Schwarzburg (DVT28)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2021
Shield Or, seven barrulets wavy Vert, from flanches two piles Azure, charged with barrulets wavy Argent; chief wavy Azure, charged with a seagull volant Argent.
Meaning:
The arms are symbolising the location of the county between Schlei, a local firth, and Eider River. Seagull and piles are symbolising North Sea (bigger waves) and the Baltic (smaller waves). The golden and green colours are symbolising the rural character, the grainfields and the pastures. The blue and golden colours are also representing the Duchy of Schleswig.
Sources: letter of State Archive, sent on 12 September 2000 and Stadler 1964, p.80
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Oct 2019
The symbols were refused by the authorities in 1929 but the arms were approved on 12 June 1930 by Prussian Minister of State. The county submitted a draft of the flag in 1932 and according to the State Archive of Schleswig-Holstein the flag was in use.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2021
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