Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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Description of flag:
It is a green over golden (=yellow) horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of the Municipality of Unterlüß, version 13 October 2005, updated 16 April 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2013
Description of plain banner:
It is a green - yellow vertical bicolour. The banner is fixed on a pole striped of green and yellow.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2013
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per fess into gold (= yellow) over green. Above are three green fir trees ordered per fess. Below is a silver (= white) cogwheel on the dexter side and a golden (= yellow) winged wheel on the sinister side, the latter slightly superimposing the former.
Meaning:
Unterlüß was established in 1847 alongside the railway line from Hannover to Hamburg. The first finished building was the railway station. In 1899 the German arms factory Rheinmetall settled down here and opened a factory producing muzzles and a shooting range. The trees are symbolizing the Lüßwald, a nature protection area being part of the Südheide. The cogwheel is symbolizing (defence) industry and the winged wheel is symbolizing the railway.
Source: §2(1) of Hauptsatzung of the Municipality of Unterlüß, version 13 October 2005, updated 16 April 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2013
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