County and Municipal Flags (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Kreis- und Gemeindeflaggen

Last modified: 2002-05-10 by santiago dotor
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• County Flags (Kreisflaggen):
  • Dithmarschen County (Kreis Dithmarschen)
  • Nordfriesland County (Kreis Nordfriesland, North Frisia)
  • Rendsburg-Eckernförde County (Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde)
  • Schleswig-Flensburg County (Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg)
  • Steinburg County (Kreis Steinburg)
• County-Free City Flags (Flaggen kreisfreier Städte):
  • City of Flensburg (Stadt Flensburg)
  • City of Kiel (Stadt Kiel)
  • City of Lübeck (Hansestadt Lübeck)
  • City of Neumünster (Stadt Neumünster)
• Other City and Municipal Flags (andere Stadt- und Gemeindeflaggen):
  • City of Norderstedt (Stadt Norderstedt)
  • City of Schleswig (Stadt Schleswig)
  • Municipality of Kampen (Gemeinde Kampen, Sylt Island)
  • Municipality of Lägerdorf (Gemeinde Lägerdorf)
  • Municipality of Wenningstedt (Gemeinde Wenningstedt, Sylt Island)
  • Municipality of Wittenborn (Gemeinde Wittenborn)
• Angeln Region (Landschaft Angeln)

See also:

• Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
• Germany

Other sites:

• Schleswig-Holstein: Kreise at Dirk Schönberger's Administrative Divisions of the World website
• Die Gemeindeflagge der Gemeinde Lägerdorf (Municipal Flag of Lägerdorf, German text only) at the Gemeinde Lägerdorf Official Website

Kreisflaggen

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany's northernmost state, has eleven counties, all of which have flags, and I was able to get information on five of them. In general, the designs are more varied than those of Rhineland-Palatinate. Sources: Stadler 1964-1971 and Reissmann 1997. You can find a map of the counties in this webpage.

Stefan Schwoon, 31 January 2001

Flaggen kreisfreier Städte

Schleswig-Holstein has four county-free cities (Kreisfreie Städte): Flensburg, Kiel, Lübeck and Neumünster.

Stefan Schwoon, 12 February 2001

Stadt Neumünster

The flag of Neumünster is mentioned in Stadler 1964-1971 (writing from memory): in a white field at the hoist the arms, followed by red-white. This sounds similar to the flag of Dithmarschen but too inaccurate to be sure of any particular design.

Stefan Schwoon, 12 February 2001

Landschaft Angeln

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by Pascal Vagnat

The flag of Landschaft Angeln (Angeln region) in Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) appears in their website, including an image of an actual flag. Angeln is a peninsula between the Flensburger Busen and the Schlei river with in the north Flensburg and in the south Schleswig. It is supposed to be the home country of the Angles tribe, [which with the Saxons invaded England and] from which [the term] Anglosaxon is derived. (...) The region's coat-of-arms can be seen in this webpage. The shield is divided into 9 parts, which stand for 8 old divisions of Angeln:

Die Bilder auf dem Wappen sind sogenannten Harden (Landschaftsgebiete) zugeordnet. Von links nach rechts:

• Husbyharde
• Munkbrarupharde
• Nieharde (Neueharde ist leider nicht zu zuordnen)
• Schleigebiet zwischen Kappeln und Brodersby
• Kappeln-Harde
• Struxdorfharde
• Satrupharde
• Mohrkirchharde
• Füsingharde

Jarig Bakker, 9 November 1999