Ortrand Subcounty (Germany)

Amt Ortrand, Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Brandenburg

Last modified: 2019-11-19 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Ortrand Subcounty
• Entities without proper Flags


• Ortrand City [Sorbian: Wótrań]
• Ortrand Flag
• Ortrand Banner
• Ortrand Coat of Arms


• Tettau Municipality
• Tettau Banner
• Tettau Coat of Arms

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Ortrand Subcounty

Entlities without proper Flags

According to information given by phone call from the subcounty, neither the subcounty itself, nor its municipalities Frauendorf, Großkmehlen, Kroppen and Lindenau have no flags according to their Hauptsatzungen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Nov 2019

Ortrand City [Sorbian: Wótrań]

Ortrand Flag

It is a black-yellow-black horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1 andcentred arms in the yellow stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Nov 2019

Ortrand Banner

It is a black-yellow-black vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1 andcentred arms in the yellow stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Nov 2019

Ortrand Coat of Arms

Shield Or, a lion rampant double-queued, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The arms are those of the Margraves of Meißen, who gained the fiefdom over the city from the Bishop of Naumburg in the 13th century.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, p.337
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Nov 2019

Tettau Municipality

Tettau Banner

It is a blue-white vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: phone call to the subcounty, according to the local Hauptsatzung there is no proper flag, but the village mayor confirmed the existence of a banner.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Nov 2019

Tettau Coat of Arms

Shield Azure a chapé Or, charged with two bars wavy Azure in base and a tear drop in chief.
Meaning:
The tear drop (gutté de larmes) is a blue drop and here representing water and not tears. The whole ensemble is referring to the importance of local water economics. The tinctures are those of Upper Lusatia.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Nov 2019

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