Havelberg Hanseatic City (Germany)

Hansestadt Havelberg, Landkreis Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt

Last modified: 2019-04-29 by klaus-michael schneider
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Havelberg Hanseatic City (Germany)

Havelberg Flag

It is a blue over red horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Apr 2019

Havelberg Banner

It is a blue-red vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Apr 2019

Havelberg Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, issuant from base a wall Argent masoned Sable with port Gules, topped by two towers Argent with cone roofs Gules, topped by balls Or, between the towers an impending eagle Gules armed Or.
Meaning:
The region of around Havelberg was conquered in the early 10th century by German King Heinrich I. His son Otto I the Great established the Bishoprics of Havelberg and Brandenburg probably in 948. Slavian tribes regained control over the region. Finally they were defeated in 1136. In 1160 Havelberg was called a city under the sovereignty of the Margraves of Brandenburg. The bishop had hardly any rights. Even the district around the cathedral was a condominium of the bishops and the margraves. The latter gained complete control in 1305 as an imperial fiefdom. In 1310 a city hall was mentioned and the status of a city according to the Magdeburg city rights pattern. In 1359 the city became a member of the Hanseatic League. In 1571 the Bishopric of Havelberg was incorporated into the Electorate of Brandenburg. The oldest seal from around 1300 displayed alluding to the local bishopric a cathedral with four towers with the impending eagle in order to stress the sovereignty of the margraves. The oldest arms are from the same time. The current pattern developed in 1627 and has never been changed since then.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Apr 2019

Flag and banner were approved and the arms confirmed on 27 November 1996 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Magdeburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Apr 2019

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