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Barsinghausen City (Germany)

Stadt Barsinghausen, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-09-27 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Barsinghausen city flag] 2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Sep 2017 See also:

Barsinghausen City

Current Flag

It is a black over yellow over green horizontal tricolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue and Stadler 1970, p.22
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2017

Current Banner

[Barsinghausen city banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Sep 2017

It is a black-yellow-green vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2017

Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess; above Vert a stag salient Or; beneath parted per pale, at dexter Sable a whetstone Or, at sinister Or hammer and mallet Sable in saltire.
Meaning:
The stag is symbolising the large forests, belonging to the Augustinian Monastery of Barsinghausen since 1193, and the riches of wildlife stock. The whetstone is representing the stonecutters-craftsmen and the production of whetstones and building stones. Hammer and mallet are symbolising coal mining, which was an important business line from the 17th century until 1956. Barsinghausen incorporated Egestorf and Kirchdorf in 1968. The greater municipality gained city rights on 21 August 1969.
Arms and flags were approved in 1950 by Minister of Interior of Lower Saxony.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.22
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2017

Hohenbostel Borough

Hohenbostel Flag

[Hohenbostel boriough flag] 2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Sep 2017

It is a green-white-green horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist and exceeding the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2017

Hohenbostel Banner

[Hohenbostel borough banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Sep 2017

It is a green-white-green vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 3:7:3. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2017

Coat of Arms

Shield mantled, in base Vert a church Argent with two towers and weather vanes and clock Or, at dexter Argent a kettle hook Sable, at sinister Argent a pit lamp Sable lighted Gules.
Meaning:
The green colour is symbolizing the protected forest of Hohenbostel in the Deister Mountains, having 4,200,000 mē. The kettle hook is symbolising the flats of the Lower Saxonian farmers since times immemorial. The pit lamp is symbolising coal mining since 1831, today probably finished, but the village turned to a settlement of miners in the 19th century. The church is a landmark, more than 800 years old and renovated in 1928.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2017

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