Last modified: 2017-08-29 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[SG Dörpen flag]](../images/d/de-el-01.gif)
3:5
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,
It is a horizontal 5-stripes flag with alternating red and white stripes. The coat of arms without shield is in a red flaghead.
According to state archive Hannover the flag was approved on 25 March 1981.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 25 Oct 2007
![[SG Dörpen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-el-01_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Oct 2007
It is a vertical 5-stripes banner with alternating red and white stripes. The coat of arms without shield is in a red bannerhead.
According to state archive Hannover the banner was approved on 25 March 1981.
Source: state archive Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 25 Oct 2007
![[SG Dörpen coat of arms]](../images/d/de-el-01).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Oct 2007
Shield Gules, a bend sinister Argent, above right a sheaf Or consisting of nine ears, beneath left a parchment Or.
Meaning:
The arms are derived from those of the namesake municipality. Only the background colour was changed from green to red. And the ear was replaced by a sheaf. Each ear is representing one of the municipalities of Dörpen Comprehensive Municipality.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
![[Dersum municipal flag]](../images/d/de-el-01-de.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 26 Oct 2007
It is a red-yellow-red horizontal triband. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist and exceeding the yellow stripe.
According to state archive Hannover the flag was approved in 1996.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 26 Oct 2007
![[Dersum municipal banner]](../images/d/de-el-01-de_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 26 Oct 2007
It is a vertical 5-stripes flag with alternating yellow and red stripes. The coat of arms is in the red bannerhead.
According to state archive Hannover the banner was approved in 1996.
Source: state archive Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 26 Oct 2007
![[Dersum municipal coat of arms]](../images/d/de-el-01-de).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 26 Oct 2007
Shield parted by a fess wavy Azure, above right Or a pair of scales Gules, above left Gules a sheaf Or, in base Or three trefoils Gules ordered 2:1.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
![[Dörpen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-el-01-dp.gif)
1:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Oct 2007
It is a banner of arms.
According to state archive Hannover the banner was approved on 8 May 1970.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 27 Oct 2007
![[Dörpen coat of arms]](../images/d/de-el-01-dp).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Oct 2007
Shield Vert, a bend sinister Argent, above right a grain ear Or in bend sinister, beneath left a parchment Or.
Meaning:
The parchment might allude to the disappeared dade from 854, when the village was mentioned for the first time.
According to Hanns Fettweis the coat of arms was approved on 30 January 1969
Sources: German WIKIPEDIA; Hanns Fettweis: "Die Wappen der Städte, Gemeinden und Altkreise des Emslandes", 1989 and state archive Hannover
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
![[Heede (Ems) municipal flag]](../images/d/de-el-01-he.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 28 Oct 2007
It is a red-yellow-red horizontal triband. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist and exceeding the yellow stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 28 Oct 2007
![[Heede(Ems) coat of arms]](../images/d/de-el-01-he).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 28 Oct 2007
Shield parted per fess wavy of Gules and Or,issuant from base a linden in counterchanged colours, accompanied in base at dexter by a key Gules in pale and at sinister by a sheaf Gules.
Meaning:
The linden is the 1000-years-linden of Heede, known as Giant Linden of Heede, at least 600 years old. The scope of its stem is more than 15 meters, its height 20 meters and the diameter of its treetop about 35 meters. The key is an attribute of St. Peter, the local patron saint. The sheaf is symbolising the rural character.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
According to source Kluse has no proper arms, and thus no proper flag.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
![[Lehe (Ems) municipal banner]](../images/d/de-el-01-le_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,
It is a vertical 5-stripes with alternating green and yellow stripes. The bannerhead displays the local arms in a rectangular shield. At the top end is a yellow stripe with an inscription in black Gothic letters "Lehe*1400*Ems".
Source: Klaus Günther: "Neugefundene Kommunalflaggen", in Der Flaggenkurier, edition 1 May 2017, pp.23-31
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
Shield fimbriated Argent divided by a bend Argent, above left Vert a bull's head caboshed without face fimbriated Argent, beneath right Or a thistle Sable.
Meaning:
The bend wavy is symbolising Ems River.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
![[Neubörger municipal flag]](../images/d/de-el-01-nb.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 1 Nov 2007
It is a horizontal 5-stripes flag with alternating red and white stripes. The coat of arms without shield is in a red flaghead. The flag pattern is the same like that one of Dörpen Comprehensive Municipality.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
![[Neubörger municipal banner]](../images/d/de-el-01-nb_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 1 Nov 2007
p>It is a vertical 5-stripes banner with alternating red and white stripes. The coat of arms without shield is in a red bannerhead. The pattern is the same like that one of Dörpen Comprehensive Municipality.
![[Neubörger municipal coat of arms]](../images/d/de-el-01-nb).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 1 Nov 2007
Shield Gules, in chief a hammer Argent hilted Or flanked by two pairs of grain ears, all in pale and ordered per fess, in base a dolmen Argent.
Meaning:
The dolmen is representing the Hümmling region. Hammer and grain are symbolising agriculture and industries.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
![[Neulehe municipal flag]](../images/d/de-el-01-nl.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
It is a red-yellow-red horizontal triband. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist and exceeding the yellow stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
Shield Gules, two tools, used for peat digging, Argent in saltire, in chief a grain sheaf Or, in base a trefoil Or.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
![[Walchum municipal banner]](../images/d/de-el-01-wa_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 31 Oct 2007
It is a yellow-blue-yellow vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:3:1. The coat of a rms is in the blue stripe and shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 31 Oct 2007
![[Walchum municipal coat of arms]](../images/d/de-el-01-wa).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 31 Oct 2007
Shield Or parted by a bend sinister wavy Azure, above right a grain ear Gules and a hazelnut Gules, beneath left two trefoils Gules, all charges ordered per bend sinister.
Meaning:
The bend sinister wavy is representing Ems River.
Source:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
![[Wippingen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-el-01-wp.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 2 Nov 2007
It is a red-yellow-red horizontal triband. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist and exceeding the yellow stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 2 Nov 2007
![[Wippingen coat of arms]](../images/d/de-el-01-wp).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 2 Nov 2007
Shield Gules, a set of windmill vanes Or in saltire, in chief a cross patty Or, in base a gain ear Or.
Meaning:
The grain ear is symbolising the rural character of the municipality. The set of vanes is representing the local Dutch windmill, built in 1860, shut down in 1937 and restored in 1981. The cross is representing the local parish church, built in 1843. Emperor Karl der Große was replaced as local patron saint by St. Batholomew in 1929. Wippingen (-Ost) was first mentioned in 1534. The western and eastern part belonged to diffenrent parishes in the past and both villages were united in 1939.
Source: this website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2017
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