City of Winsen/Luhe(Germany)

Stadt Winsen an der Luhe, Landkreis Harburg, Lower Saxony

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3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Apr 2007

• Current Flag
Plain Flag reported 1891

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Description of flag:
Flag: Its ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over yellow over red horizontal tricolour superimposed by the coat of arms in the centre of the flag.
Description of coat of arms:
In a blue shield is a golden (=yellow) rampant lion armed and tongued red surrounded by eight red hearts.
Note: Winsen a.d.Luhe is the county's capital since 1937, when the city of Harburg was incorporated to Hamburg.
Source: I spotted the coat of arms on 29 March 2007 at the townhall of Winsen. The image was made according to the description in Stefan Schwoon's databse based on the primary source "Deutsches Städtebuch" Abschnitt 12.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Apr 2007

Plain Flag reported 1891

Description of flag:
The ratio is given as 1:2. It was a blue over yellow over red horizontal tricolour. The information is confirmed by Stadler 1970, p.84.
Source: H.Ahrens "Hannoversche Landschafts-und Städtewappen", 1891, plate XX
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Nov 2011