Last modified: 2019-04-18 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[Osterburg (Altmark) city flag]](../images/d/de-sn-oa.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2019
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It is a red over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: I spotted this flag on 17 December 2012 in the city hall of Soltau City in Lower Saxony.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2019
![[Osterburg (Altmark) city banner]](../images/d/de-sn-oa_.gif)
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It is a red- white vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Amtblatt für den Landkreis Stendal from 5 August 2009, No.16
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2019
Shield Argent; issuant from base an ascending, embattled wall Gules masoned Sable with port Argent, windows Sable, half opened portcullis Or and four towers with cupolas Azure,each topped by a ball Or; in central chief an impending eagle Gules, armed Or and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The arms are probably based on the local main seal from the 13th century and on seals from the 14th century. All displayed the eagle of the margraves from the Askanian kin either impending over a wall with four towers or standing on the inner towers. The red eagle of Brandenburg in 1887 was replaced for a while by the black Prussian eagle. The flag colours red and white are those of the Hanseatic League.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2019
Flag, banner and arms were approved on on 12 July 1995 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Magdeburg and confirmed on 24 July 2009 and by the county administration and published in "Amtblatt für den Landkreis Stendal" from 5 August 2009, No.16
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2019
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