The municipalities of Rantzau Subcounty (Amt Rantzau are gathered around the city of Barmstedt, northwest of the city of Quickborn. According to the local municipal statutes (Hauptsatzungen) the municipalities listed below have no proper flag. Source is given in brackets.

Municipality of Bokholt-Hanredder ((§1 of Hauptsatzung of the Municipality of Bokholt-Hanredder), version 21 June 2012)
Municipality of Ellerhoop ((§1 of Hauptsatzung of the Municipality of Ellerhoop), version 3 December 2008)
Municipality of Groß Offenseth-Aspern ((§1 of Hauptsatzung of the Municipality of Groß Offenseth-Aspern), version 15 July 2008)
Municipality of Hemdingen ((§1 of Hauptsatzung of the Municipality of Hemdingen), version 12 June 2008)

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Nov 2012

Rantzau Subcounty

Rantzau Subcounty Flag

It is a blue flag. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.

Rantzau Subcounty Coat of Arms

The shield is quarterly divided. The 1st and 4th quarter are divided per pale into red and silver (=white). The 2nd quarter shows in a golden (= yellow) field three black lozenges above right ordered 2:1 and another four lozenge below left ordered 1:2:1. The 3rd quarter shows in a golden (= yellow) field three black lozenges below left ordered 1:2. The whole ensemble is superimposed by a blue bend sinister wavy.
Meaning:
The 1st and 4th quarter are displaying the arms of the counts of Rantzau. The ten lozenges are symbolising the municipalities of the nowadays subcounty. The bend sinister is symbolising Krü ckau creek. Three municipalities of the former Lutzhorn district are located on the northern bank, four municipalities of the former Hemdingen district and three municipalities of the former Bevern district on the southern bank. This is symbolised by the arrangement of lozenges.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.53

The flag was approved on 30 January 1998. The coat of arms was approved on 20 February 1987. The artist is Hannelore von Engelhardt from Apen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2012

Bevern Municipality

Bevern Municipal Flag

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2019

The flag is quartered of green and white with an abased barrulet wavy in counterchanged colours. The flyend displays a repetiton of the municipal arms.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2019

Bevern Municipal Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, issuant from base a mount Vert, charged with a barrulet Argent, on top a sinister facing beaver rampant Sable.
Meaning:
The beaver (Lower German: Bever) is a canting element. The barrulet wavy is representing the Bredenmoorbek, a local creek crossing the municipality.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online

The flag was approved on 1 December 2014. The coat of arms was approved on 16 December 1998. The artist is Carl Wichmann from Bevern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2019

Bilsen Municipality

Bilsen Municipal Flag

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image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Jun 2006

It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2012

Bilsen Municipal Coat of Arms

The silver (= white) shield is divided by a red bend sinister. Aboveis a blue cross fleury, below a green oak leaf.
Meaning:
The red bend is symbolising nowadays federal road no.4, the connection between Altona and Kiel, the preceding road had been erected in 1840 as the first "highway" in Schleswig-Holstein. Bilsen belonged from 1385 to 1803 to the domains of Harvestehude Monastery, later St. John's Monastery in Hamburg. This is symbolised by the cross fleury, because the fleur de lis was an attribute of patron saint St.Mary. The leaf is symbolising the forestal riches of the Bilsener Wohld in the 19th century. The colours red, white and blue are those of Schleswig-Holstein.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.90
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2012

The flag was approved on 30 January 1998. The coat of arms was approved on 31 August 1978. The artist is Herbert Kaulbarsch from Bargteheide.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2012

Bullenkuhlen Municipality

Bullenkuhlen Municipal Flag

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Dec 2019

It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Dec 2019

Bullenkuhlen Municipal Coat of Arms

hield Vert, an abased bar wavy Argent, above a bull's head Argent.
Meaning:
The bar wavy is representing the Krückau, a little river and the numerous ponds for soaking the cattle. The bull's head is a canting element. The municipality#s name means ponds of the bulls.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Dec 2019

The flag was approved on 12 December 2011. The arms were approved on 21 September 2004.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Dec 2019

Heede Municipality

Heede Municipal Flag

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image by Jörg Majewski, 18 May 2007

It is a green flag. The municipal coat of arms is in the centre of the flag. The fess wavy of the coat of arms is continued in yellow colour to both ends of the flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2012

Heede Municipal Coat of Arms

In a golden (= yellow) shield is a green, rooted heather plant, blossomed red. On the base are two green oak leaves. The base is separated by a blue fess wavy.
Meaning:
The heather (Latin: Calluna vulgaris, Lower German: Heed) is canting. The leaves are symbolising the forestal riches. The oak is the predominating species. The fess wavy is symbolising Krückau creek. The yellow colour is symbolising the local landscape of moraines.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online

The flag was approved on 11 November 2006. The coat of arms was approved on 20 March 2001. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2012

Langeln Municipality

Langeln Municipal Flag

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image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Jun 2006

It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2012

Langeln Municipal Coat of Arms

The shield is divided by a silver (= white) pallet approx. 8:1:1. The bigger, green dexter partition is divided by a silver sinister bend wavy. Above are four silver (= white) tumuli, a bigger one on the dexter chiefpoint, the others alongside the bend. Below is a silver (= white) plough. The sinister partition is divided by a silver (= white) bend into red and blue. The bend is continuing the sinister bend.
Meaning:
Both bends are symbolising Krückau creek. The tumuli together with the green colour are symbolising the landscape containing the 4000 years old tombs. The plough is symbolising agriculture. Finally blue, white and red are the colours of Schleswig-Holstein.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2012

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 18 April 2004. The artist is Siegfried Huppert from Langeln.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2012

Lutzhorn Municipality

Lutzhorn Municipal Flag

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image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Jun 2006

It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2012

Lutzhorn Municipal Coat of Arms

The shield is divided per bend sinister into red and silver (= white). In the red field is a golden (= yellow) sheaf of grain. In the silver field is a blue horn.
Meaning:
The horn is canting. The sheaf is symbolising agriculture. The colours are those appearing in the coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein. Furthermore red and silver had been the colours of the counts of Rantzau.
Source: Reißmann 1997 , p.235
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2012

The flag was approved on 26 April 2005. The coat of arms was approved on 20 June 1986. The artist is Hannelore von Engelhardt from Apen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2012

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