Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: nortorf-land | nortorfer land | bargstedt | bokel | borgdorf-seedorf | brammer | daetgen | eisendorf | ellerdorf | emkendorf | oak(stem) | fish | eagle(wing) | house(red) | tomb | castle | razor | millwheel | leaf | mattock | bramble | tree |
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![[Nortorfer Land subcounty flag]](../images/d/de-rd-13.gif)
3:5
image by Jörg Majewski, 9 May 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is nearly an armorial flag. Narrow green, horizontal stripes are added on the top- and bottom-edge.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
In a golden (= yellow) shield is a green, cut stem of an oak tree, still having leaves and 18 roots. The stem is flanked by two blue fish on the dexter side and a blue eagle's wing on the sinister side.
Meaning:
The number of roots is symbolizing the municipalities, today reduced to 16, those are: Bargstedt, Bokel, Borgdorf-Seedorf, Brammer, Dätgen, Eisendorf, Ellerdorf, Emkendorf, Gnutz, Groß Vollstedt, Krogaspe, Langwedel, Oldenhütten, Schülp bei Nortorf, Timmaspe and Warder. The fish are stressing the economic importance of fish breeding. The wing is taken from the arms of the Lüttwitz-Heinrich family, since 1926 owners of Emkendorf Manor. Even today Emkendorf is a cultural attraction. It bloomed under the ownership of Julia and Fritz Reventlow. Inspired by the couple the Emkendorf Circle came to being, which had had a great influence on the development of the Elbe duchies around 1800. The city of Nortorf and Nortorf-Land Subcounty merged on 1 January 2007. The new subcounty was renamed Nortorfer Land and overtook the symbols of the former subcounty of Nortorf-Land.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.52
The flag was approved on 2 August 1984. The coat of arms was approved on 23 February 1973. The artist is Wilhelm Horst Lippert from Brunsbüttel.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
![[Bargstedt municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rd-13-be.gif)
3:5
image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Aug 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
In a silver (= white) shield is a green hill, superimposed by a silver (= white) megalithic tomb. Above is a red house flanked by green leaves, a leaf of beech tree on the dexter side and a leaf of oak tree on the sinister side.
Meaning:
House and hill are symbolizing the name, meaning "location at mountain". The leaves are symbolizing forestal riches. The tomb is alluding to the old age of the settlement, which was inhabited since the Neolithic Age.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 22 March 2006. The artist is Manfred Rüthlein from Rendsburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
![[Bokel municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rd-13-bo.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 1 May 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is tierced per chevron ployé. Above right in a red field is a silver (= white) leaf of beech tree. Above left also in a red field is a silver (= white) mattock (German: Plackenhaue). Below central in a silver (= white) field is a blue millwheel, superimposed by a blue fess wavy.
Meaning:
The leaf is a canting element. The mattock is an agrarian tool, used by the inhabitants for clearance. The fess wavy is symbolizing the Bokeler Au, a local creek, while the wheel is alluding to a watermill, which had been here for centuries.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 15 December 1999. The artist is Manfred Rüthlein from Rendsburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
![[Borgdorf-Seedorf municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rd-13-bf.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 May 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour. The blue stripe has double width. The municipal coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
In a silver (= white) shield is a red castle, consisting of an embattled wall and three embattled towers. Below is an ancient, green razor, adorned by an image of Germanic God Thor fighting the Midgard Snake. The blue base wavy is superimposed by a silver (= white) fish.
Meaning:
The castle is representing Borgdorf, while the base is representing Seedorf, especially the fish stands for riches of fish in the local lake. The meaning of the razor is not mentioned within source. The colours are those of Schleswig-Holstein.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 14 April 2000. The artist is Manfred Rüthlein from Rendsburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
![[Brammer municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rd-13-bm.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 7 May 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a green over white over green horizontal bicolour with ratio 1:4:1. The municipal coat of arms is in the centre of the white stripe.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
In a green shield over a silver (= white) fess wavy is a silver (= white) twine of blackberry, having ten leaves and five brambles.
Meaning:
The fess wavy is representing the Brammer Au, a local creek. The blackberry is a canting element.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.101
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 18 May 1990. The artist is Manfred Rüthlein from Rendsburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
![[Dätgen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rd-13-dg.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 23 May 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per pale into green and golden (= yellow). The main charge is a rooted tree in counterchanged colours. The tree is accompanied by a golden (= yellow) ear of grain on the dexter side and a green reed mace on the sinister side.
Meaning:
The colours are symbolizing the high quality of the soil. The grain is symbolizing agriculture, while the reed mace is symbolizing the swamps and the digging of peat. The tree is symbolizing the close relationships between inhabitants and environment.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 19 January 1993. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
![[Eisendorf municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rd-13-ei.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 20 May 2007
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a yellow - blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per pale crenelly into blue and golden (= yellow). The dexter side is displaying a golden (= yellow) stone axe. The sinister side is displaying a blue oak leaf.
Meaning:
The partition is E-shaped, i.e. displaying the initial of the municipalities name. The axe is symbolizing the existence of settlements since the Neolithic Age. The leaf is symbolizing forestal riches.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 26 October 2006. The artist is Manfred Rüthlein from Rendsburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
![[Ellerdorf municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rd-13-el.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 May 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a green over white over green horizontal bicolour with ratio 1:3:1. The municipal coat of arms is in the centre of the white stripe.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
The green shield is divided by a silver (= white) bend sinister wavy. Above right is a silver (= white) branch of alder. Below left is a bendy, silver (= white) stone axe.
Meaning:
The bend wavy is symbolizing the Bokeler Au, a creek. The branch of Alder is a canting element. The axe is representing the numerous archaeological excavations from the Neolithic Age.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 2 December 1999. The artist is Manfred Rüthlein from Rendsburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
![[Emkendorf municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rd-13-ed.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 May 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
In a red shield is a silver (= white) squirrel holding an acorn in his forepaws. The squirrel is surrounded by three linden trees of the same colour ordered 2:1. The shield has a silver (= white) chief embattled.
Meaning:
The squirrel is taken from the arms of the Lords of Westensee, local rulers since the 14th century. The linden trees are symbolizing the villages of Emkendorf, Klein Vollstedt and Bokelholm and the "Emkendorfer Allee", an alleyway flanked by linden trees. Julia and Fritz Reventlow changed Emkendorf Manor into a cultural attraction at the end of the 18th century by gathering poets, painters, scientists and politicians, the so called "Emkendorf Circle". The embattled line is taken from the arms of the Reventlow family. The colours are those of the Reventlow family, probably also of the von Westensee family and of course of Holstein.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.131
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 17 July 1990. The artist is Manfred Rüthlein from Rendsburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2013
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