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Elsterland Subcounty (Germany)

Amt Elsterland, Landkreis Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg

Last modified: 2019-04-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Rückersdorf municipal flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2019
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Elsterland Subcounty

Municipalities without proper Flags

The subcounty itself and its municipalities Heideland, Schilda, Schönborn and Tröbitz have no proper flags.
Sources: this online catalogue and §2 of Hauptsatzung of Heideland Municipality, version 30 March 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2019


Rückersdorf Municipality

Rückersdorf Flag

It is a horizontal red-yellow-green tricolour with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms.
Source: by phone call to the administration of Elsterland subcounty (Amt)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2019

Rückersdorf Banner

[Rückersdorf municipal banner] image by Jörg Majewski and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2019

It is a vertical red-yellow-green tricolour with ratio of stripes 1:3:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: by phone call to the administration of Elsterland subcounty (Amt)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2019

Rückersdorf Coat of Arms

Shield parted per chevron abased; beneath Azure a Paschal Lamb statant Argent; above issuant from chevron's peak a linden Vert.
Meaning:
The Paschal lamb is usually an attribute of St. John the Baptist. Here it has an unusual labarum, not displaying the cross but a red-.white bicolour with swallow tail. According to the administration of the subcounty Rückersdorf is its only municipality having proper symbols. The flag had been rejected by the authorities, as its colours don't match the tinctures of the arms. But the inhabitants insisted and finally a flag was approved on 13 July 2017 by the main State Archive of Brandenburg (LHA).
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2019


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