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Plessa Subcounty (Germany)

Amt Plessa, Landkreis Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg

Last modified: 2019-04-25 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: plessa(subcounty) | plessa | hohenleipisch | watermill(wheel) | hammer and mallet | linden | cherry(tree) | apple(tree) |
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[Plessa subcounty flag] 3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon and Tomislaw Todoroviić, 18 Apr 2019 See also:

Plessa Subcounty

Plessa Subcounty Flag

The flag is quartered of red and white with centred arms.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2019

Plessa Subcounty Banner

[Plessa subcounty banner] image by Stefan Schwoon and Tomislaw Todoroviić, 18 Apr 2019

The banner is quartered of red and white with centred arms.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2019

Plessa Subcounty Coat of Arms

Shield quartered, 1st quarter Argent a clay jug Sable with nozzle, 2nd quarter Gules a watermill's wheel Argent, 3rd quarter Gules two grain ears Argent, 4th quarter Argent hammer and mallet Sable in saltire.
Meaning:
The charges are alluding to important business lines as pottery, agriculture and mining. The millwheel is representing the local watermill on the bank of Elster River.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2019

The arms were approved on 7 November 1994.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2019


Municipalities without proper Flags

The municipalities of Schraden and Gorden-Staupitz have no proper flags.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2019


Plessa Municipality

Plessa Flag

[Plessa municipal flag] 3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon and Tomislaw Todoroviić, 18 Apr 2019

It is a green-white-green horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1. The arms are in the middle of the white stripe.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database and German WIKIPEDIA
, 18 Apr 2019

Plessa Banner

[Plessa municipal banner] image by Stefan Schwoon and Tomislaw Todoroviić, 18 Apr 2019

It is a green-white-green vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1. The arms are in the middle of the white stripe. As source explicitly mentions a cap timber to hang the sheet, there probably only the banner is in official use.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database and German WIKIPEDIA
, 18 Apr 2019

Plessa Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, two crossed linden twigs Vert in bend sinister, in dexter chief a watermill's wheel sable, in sinister base hammer and mallet Sable in saltire.
Meaning:
Hammer and mallet are symbolising mining. The millwheel is representing the local watermill on the bank of Elster River.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2019

The arms were approved on 20 August 1997.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2019


Hohenleipisch Municipality

Hohenleipisch Flag


[Hohenleipisch municipal flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Apr 2019

It is a green-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2019

Hohenleipisch Banner

[Hohenleipisch municipal banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Apr 2019

It is a green-yellow vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2019

Hohenleipisch Coat of Arms

Shield parted of Or and Vert, at dexter a cherry tree couped per pale fruited and accompanied by a pitcher, at sinister an apple tree couped per pale fruited and accompanied by a basket, all charges in counterchanged colours.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2019


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