List of municipal flags of Northern Germany

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This page lists the municipal flags of Northern Germany. It is a part of the Lists of German municipal flags, which is split into regions. In turn, it is also split into states due to its size.


Index by state[edit]

Bremen[edit]

Cities[edit]

Municipality Flag Coat of arms Enactment Date
Abolition Date
Description
Bremen 1952 The flag features eight equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white and checked at the hoist.
Variant with the coat of arms.
Variant with the greater coat of arms.
Bremerhaven 28 May 1947 The red-white-red flag with the coat of arms. The ship represents the Hanseatic League while its sails represents the Hanseatic cities (the red-white horizontal sail with the red cross and the key represents Bremerhaven, the blue sail with a gold anchor represents Geestemünde and the red sail with two scythe blades represents Lehe). Both the ship and fish represents the municipality as a port city. Designed by Waldemar Mallek.[1]

Historical[edit]

Municipality Flag Coat of arms Enactment Date
Abolition Date
Description
Bremen 14th century
1811
Hanseatic flag
1871
1918
The flag features eight equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with the coat of arms.
1935
1945
Variant without the coat of arms.
1891
1892
Sea flag.
1893
1921
Sea flag.
1893
1921
Sea flag.
1921
1933
Sea flag.
1933
1935
Sea flag.
1952 Service flag.
1895
1918
Navy pilot flag.
1895
1918
Navy customs flag.
1921
1933
Navy customs flag.

Hamburg[edit]

Cities[edit]

Municipality Flag Coat of arms Enactment Date Description
Hamburg Coat of arms:
16th century
Flag:
1834
A red flag with a white castle.
Middle coat of arms.
Coat of arms:
16th century
Flag:
1897
Variant with the greater coat of arms.
1642 Naval flag

Boroughs[edit]

Historical[edit]

Municipality Flag Coat of arms Enactment Date
Abolition Date
Description
Hamburg 13th century
1685
Hanseatic flag. A red flag.
1685
14 May 1752
A red flag with a white castle.

Lower Saxony[edit]

Cities[edit]

Municipality Flag Coat of arms Enactment Date
Abolition Date
Description References
Braunschweig First adopted:
1231
Current form:
1954
A horizontal red and white flag with the coat of arms. The seal features a red Brunswick Lion as a symbolism of royal dignity and courage and it is used by many monarchies. It is used by Henry the Lion (one of the famous individuals of the House of Welf) during his lifetime. Its modern form is designed in 1954 by Hermann Eidenbenz. [3][4]

Samtgemeinde[edit]

Towns and villages[edit]

Historical[edit]

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[edit]

Cities[edit]

Communities[edit]

Towns and villages[edit]

Historical[edit]

Schleswig-Holstein[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Stadtwappen". Bremerhaven.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t No official flag.
  3. ^ "Hauptsatzung der Stadt Braunschweig" (PDF). Braunschweig.
  4. ^ Rabbow, Arnold (2003). Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch.

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