Komturia Strasburg (Germany)

now Brodnica, Poland - flag in the 'Banderia Prutenorum' manuscript

Last modified: 2013-11-20 by pete loeser
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Image by António Martins, 8 February 2002

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• Flags in the Banderia Prutenorum Manuscript
• Komturias of the Teutonic Order
• Teutonic Order - Deutscher Orden, Germany
• Index of all German Pages

White field with red deer (rotated 90 degrees [clockwise]).
Norman Martin, 20 January 1998

[Editor's note: the following translation by Chrystian Kretowicz of the Banderia Prutenorum manuscript is based on a translation from Latin into Old Polish, available at the Choragwie Pruskie cz. 1 - Jan Dlugosz webpage.]

"21. Banner of the Komturia and Town of Brodnica (Strasburg), led by Baldemin Stoll, brothers and hired help. Note: banner is 2 cubits minus a quarter [i.e. 1.75 cubits] long, 1 and 1/2 cubits wide."
[Editor's note: about 87 cm × 75 cm.]
Chrystian Kretowicz, 2 June 2001

The original image shows the flag hanging vertically (hoist in the top of the picture) and a wodden pole is visible at the viewer's right hand (my image being thus a supposed backside); no finial; dark blue sleeve. The flag design suggests this flag was supposed to be flown with the hoist at the bottom, which is unsuitable for typical wind (and gravity!) conditions.
António Martins, 28 February 2002