Aue Comprehensive Municipality (Germany)

Samtgemeinde Aue, Landkreis Uelzen, Niedersachsen

Last modified: 2020-07-29 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Introduction
• Bad Bodenteich Market Town Banner
• Bad Bodenteich Market Town Coat of Arms
• Lüder Municipality
• Soltendieck Municipality
• Wrestedt Municipality incl.
• Stadensen Municipality (- 2011)
• Wieren Municipality (- 2011)
• Banner of Wieren
• Wrestedt Comprehensive Municipality (- 2011)

• County and Municipal Flags (Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen)
• Uelzen County
• Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
• Germany

Introduction

Aue Comprehensive Municipality was created on 1 November 2011, when the former comprehensive municipalities of Bodenteich and Wrestedt merged.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Feb 2017

Bad Bodenteich Market Town Banner

It is a red - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: in Stefan Schwoon's database, based upon
Primary Source: from BGS 1996, Heft 11/12, p.44
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2011

Coat of arms

In a silver (=white) shield is a black statant stag with golden (= yellow) antlers and covered by a red blanket divided by a silver (=white) indented line. Upon the base are four black wavy fesses.
Meaning:
According to source the stag is alluding to the Bodendieke family, who died out with the Baltic branch in 19th century. Bodenteich was the origin of the family, who erected a castle in the 13th century and sold it to the Dukes of Lüneburg in 14th century. The wavy fesses are alluding to lake Bodenteich, today a mere swamp but a real lake in the middle ages.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.26
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2011

Lüder Municipality

It is a yellow over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of Lüder, version 19 November 2012
Coat of Arms:
Shield Vert, a barrulet Argent, in chief an embowed oak branch Or with alternating five leaves Or and four acorns Argent, in base a plough Or with plough share Argent.
Source: §2(1) of Hauptsatzung of Lüder, version 19 November 2012
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Jan 2019

Soltendieck Municipality

It is a white-green horizontal bicolour with centred arms. According to the local Hauptsatzung, version 18 June 2012, the municipal colours are white and green, but there is no proper flag mentioned.
Source: this online catalogue
Coat of Arms:
Shield Gules with base wavy Argent parted 5-fold, at dexter two connected pales of Vert and Argent, at sinister eight grain ears Or under salter's hook and spade Argent in saltire.
Meaning:
The village was first mentioned in 1289 by a treaty between the Ulessen Monastery (Oldenstadt) and the Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg as "Saltendike". The grain ears are representing the eight settlement cores of the incorporated municipalities and Soltendieck itself. The tools are referring to the local salt refinery.
Source: SG Aue municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2020

Wrestedt Municipality

It is a green flag with the coat of arms in the centre of the flag.
Source: § 2(2) of Hauptsatzung of Wrestedt, version 28 February 2002
Proposal 1984:
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 June 2007

It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour with the coat of arms in the centre of the flag.
The flag image matches the description given in  Stefan Schwoon's database. The flag was submitted on 27 November 1984 at Hauptstaatsarchiv Hannover.
Source: Frank Burmester, editor of a local citizens information "Bürger-Info"
Coat of Arms:
In a silver (=white) shield is a prancing black unicorn facing the right side. In the red chief are two silver (=white) crossed shelves ending in horseheads.
Meaning:
The family of Grothe was living in Wrestedt since 1666. In their coat of arms had been two black unicorns. The current unicorn is taken from that coat of arms. The tail of the unicorn is split up into three ends symbolising the local families of Wresterstede,Bardendieck and Grothe. About the horseheads there is known nothing special. Horseheads however are used on top of the gables of Lower Saxonian farmhouses up to now. Wrestedt had been a comprehensive municipality until 1 November 2011, when it merged with former communes of Stadensen and Wieren.
Source: § 2(1) of Hauptsatzung of Wrestedt, version 28 February 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2011 / 17 Feb 2017

Stadensen Municipality

It is a horizontal 3-stripes flag. The colours are green-white-green. The ratio of stripes is 1:3:1. The coat of arms is within the white stripe shifted to the hoist.
The image of flag matches the description given in  Stefan Schwoon's database. The flag was submitted at Hauptstaatsarchiv Hannover.
Coat of Arms:
In a green shield is a silver (=white) heather-rose with a golden (=yellow) centre. Above the rose you can see a silver (=white) piece of the antlers of a stag.
Meaning:
Stadensen is located in the Magetheide, a heather landscape. The rose is referring to this location. The piece of antlers refers to two facts.
1)On 8 May 1040 the German king Heinrich IV granted the Magetheide to the Bishop of Verden. Since then the area was used for hunting purposes.
2)The local foresters office was located in Stadensen in times, the municipality belonged to the kingdom of Hannover.
Source: Frank Burmester, editor of a local citizens information "Bürger-Info"".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 June 2007

Wieren Municipality

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 June 2007

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2020

It is a green-white horizontal bicolour with the coat of arms in the canton complete (see left image above) or without shield (see right image above).
The image of flag matches the description given in Stefan Schwoon's database. The flag was submitted at Hauptstaatsarchiv Hannover.
Coat of Arms:
On a green shield twelve white circle segments are forming a ring being open at the top.
Meaning:
The green colour is symbolising the hills called Wierener Berge, it is also symbolising agriculture being the main business of the locals.
The municipality was built of eleven smaller municipalities. Those were: Bollensen, Drohe, Emern, Kahlstorf, Groß Pretzier, Klein Pretzier, Könau, Kroetze, Gavendorf, Ostedt and Wieren. There is a stone for every former municipality. The locals added however a 12th stone for Kroetzmühle, that was already a part of Kroetze before.
Sources: this online catalogueFrank Burmester, editor of a local citizens information "Bürger-Info".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 June 2007

Banner of Wieren

The flags ratio is 5:2. It is a green and white vertical bicolour with the coat of arms in the canton.
Source: Frank Burmester, editor of a local citizens information "Bürger-Info".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 June 2007

Wrestedt Comprehensive Municipality (until 2011)

It was a green over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: § 2(2) of Hauptsatzung of SG Wrestedt, version 21 February 2002
Coat of Arms:
Shield parted per fess of Azure over Vert with base wavy Azure, a floodgate Argent, charged with a unicorn forcene Gules.
Meaning:
The arms are displaying the local flodgate. For the unicorn see Wrestedt municipality above.
Source: § 2(1) of Hauptsatzung of SG Wrestedt, version 21 February 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Jan 2019

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