Last modified: 2017-08-04 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Bad Grund municipal flag]](../images/d/de-go-bg0.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2017
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Description of current flag:
It is a black over green over yellow horizontal tricolour.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.18
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2017
![[Bad Grund city plain flag 1891]](../images/d/de-go-bg891.gif)
1:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Nov 2011
The ratio is given as 1:2. It was a black over yellow over green horizontal tricolour. The information is confirmed by Stadler 1970, p.18.
Source:H.Ahrens "Hannoversche Landschafts-und Städtewappen", 1891, plate XX
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Nov 2011
![[Gittelde market town flag (- 2013)]](../images/d/de-go-bg-gd.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Aug 2017
It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 3:7:3 with centred arms exceeding the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Aug 2017
Description of coat of arms:
Shield Gules, two keys Argent in pale, over all a plate charged with a wooden church crowned by across and a circumscription "GELITHIES PENING".
Meaning:
The original name of the town had been "Gelithi". Already in the 10th century it was famous for mining of different metals and it became a mint in 965. Coins were made until the 17th century. The plate is referring to the mint. It is a local silver penny from the early 11th century. Remarkable is its circumscription in German. The keys are taken from the crest of the Lords of Gittelde. On 1 March 2013 Gittelde joined the new Bad Grund municipality, which had been a comprehensive municipality before.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.42
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Aug 2017
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