Last modified: 2019-05-07 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: flechtingen(vg) | flechtingen | beendorf | buelstringen | calvoerde | erxleben(boerde) | linden(leaf) | gate | hammer and mallet | grain(ear) | tower | cow(head) | bend sinister(wavy) |
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![[VG Flechtingen flag]](../images/d/de-bo-ft.gif)
3:5 
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2019
It is a white-blue horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2019
![[VG Flechtingen banner]](../images/d/de-bo-ft_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2019
It is a white-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2019
Shield parted by a bend Argent, above left Azure two drops Argent in bend, beneath Vert two connected grain ears Or.
Meaning:
I can't offer more than an educated guess. The bend properly is representing the Mittelland canal crossing the municipality. The white drops are in heraldry considered to be water drops and are probably symbolising riches of water rivers Ohre, Beber and Spetze. The grain ears are symbolising agriculture.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2019
The following municipalities don't have proper flags: Altenhausen and Ingersleben.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2019
![[Beendorf municipal flag]](../images/d/de-bo-ft-be.gif)
3:5 image by Thomas Rystau, 27 Mar 2019
It is a white-green horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 27 Mar 2019
5:2 image by Thomas Rystau, 27 Mar 2019
It is a white-green vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 27 Mar 2019
Shield Vert, hammer and mallet Argent, chief Argent charged with three linden leaves issuant Vert in fess.
Meaning:
Hammer and mallet are symbolising the salt mining in the past. The chief is symbolising the local groves. Also the colours are referring to these items, white for salt and green for groves. The draft was made by Erika Fiedler.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2019
The arms were approved on 1 April 1997 by disrict governor (Regierungspräsident) of Magdeburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2019
![[Bülstringen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-bo-ft-bu.gif)
3:5 image by Thomas Rystau, 14 Apr 2019
It is a blue-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 14 Apr 2019
![[Bülstringen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-bo-ft-bu_.gif)
5:2 image by Thomas Rystau, 14 Apr 2019
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 14 Apr 2019
Above right Or a sinister facing cow's head Azure, beneath right a halberd in bend sinister, both fields parted by a bend sinister in counterchanged tinctures.
Meaning:
Due to a decision of the local council a historical episode from the 17th century had been chosen as base of the arms. Then a private little war between the inhabitants of Bülstringen and Neuhaldensleben occurred. The citizens of Neuhaldensleben drove their cattle and other stock into the pastures of Bülstringen. Obviously the pastures were damaged and Bülstringen forbade further use of its pastures. The citizens of Neuhaldensleben made an armed assault against their opponents, led by the mayor. Some people of Bülstringen had been killed and many injured. After mutual complaints the cause was sentenced by the government, and the mayor was sentenced to death. But that judgement was not enforced. As a result the use of pastures was transformed from common law to codified law. The parted bend sinister is symbolising two streets "Mordgraben" (= murder's moat) and "Triftweg" (= pasture way), the cow's head is representing the cattle, and the halberd the fight.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2019
The arms were approved on 10 May 1996 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Magdeburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2019
![[Calvörde municipal flag]](../images/d/de-bo-ft-cv.gif)
3:5 image by Thomas Rystau and Tomislav Todorović, 27 Apr 2019
It is a green-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 14 Apr 2019
![[Calvörde municipali banner]](../images/d/de-bo-ft-cv_.gif)
5:2 image by Thomas Rystau and Tomislav Todorović, 27 Apr 2019
It is a green-yellow vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 14 Apr 2019
Shield Or, a bend sinister wavy Azure, in dexter chief a willow branch Vert, in sinister base an oak branch Vert with acorns of the same.
Meaning:
The arms are based on those of the former Calvörde Administrative Community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft). They had been modified in tincture and the bend sinister turned to a wavy one. The bend sinister is representing the Ohre River. The draft was made by Jörg Mantsch.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2019
Flag, banner and arms were approved on 10 June 2010 by the county administration, published in "Amtsblatt f?r den Landkreis Börde", vol.4; 23 June 2010, No.47/01
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2019
![[Calvörde village flag 1996]](../images/d/de-bo-ft-cv96.gif)
3:5 image by Thomas Rystau, 14 Apr 2019
It is a yellow-red horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 14 Apr 2019
![[Calvörde village banner 1996]](../images/d/de-bo-ft-cv96_.gif)
5:2 image by Thomas Rystau, 14 Apr 2019
It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 14 Apr 2019
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Gules a demi-lion rampant Or issuant from partition line, at sinister Or three umbels of hops Vert ordered 1:2.
Meaning:
The lion is that one of Braunschweig and the umbels are alluding to local hops cultivation for breweries.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2019
The arms were approved on 10 December 1993 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Magdeburg. Flag and banner were approved on 5 February 1996 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Magdeburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2019
![[Erxleben in Börde municipal flag]](../images/d/de-bo-ft-ex.gif)
3:5 image by Thomas Rystau, 27 Mar 2019
It is a white-red horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 27 Mar 2019
![[Erxleben in Börde municipal banner]](../images/d/de-bo-ft-ex_.gif)
5:2 image by Thomas Rystau, 27 Mar 2019
It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 27 Mar 2019
Shield parted per pale; at dexter Gules, issuant from base a tower Argent with cupola, topped by a turret of the same; at sinister parted per fess; above Argent, an oak twig, consisting of a leaf Vert in pale and two acorns Or capsuled Vert; beneath Vert a plough share Argent with knife Or.
Meaning:
The arms are based on a local seal, inofficially in use since 1986. The tower is representing the so called "House Husband Tower" of the local castle, a landmark of the municipality. The oak twig is symbolising the local groves and the plough share agriculture on the fertile soil of the name giving Börde. The draft was made by Erika Fiedler.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2019
The arms were approved on 11 September 1996 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Magdeburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2019
![[Flechtingen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-bo-ft-ft.gif)
3:5 image by Thomas Rystau, 11 Apr 2019
It is a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 11 Apr 2019
![[Flechtingen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-bo-ft-ft_.gif)
5:2 image by Thomas Rystau, 11 Apr 2019
It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 11 Apr 2019
Shield Argent, on top of a triple-mount Vert, issuant from base and charged with a barrulet wavy Argent, an embattled castle gate Gules, masoned Sable, in its open port a linden leaf reversed Vert.
Meaning:
The arms are a modification of the former arms, approved on 26 February 1996, today only local arms of Flechtingen proper. Gate and barrulet wavy are referring to the moated castle of Flechtingen. The triple-mount is representing Flechtingen Heights, a local mountain ridge.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2019
Flag, banner and arms were approved on were approved on 18 August 2015 by the county administration, published in "Amtsblatt f?r den Landkreis Börde", vol.9; 2 September 2015, No.58
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2019
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