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Gielde (Germany)

Gemeinde Gielde, Samtgemeinde Schladen, Wolfenbüttel county, Lower Saxony

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[Gielde flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2007
Flag adopted 30 Jun 1965

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Gielde municipality

Gielde, municipality
Samtgemeinde* Schladen
county Wolfenbuettel [Wolfenbüttel]
inhabitants 845
coa adopted: 30th June 1960 according to Rabbow.
flags adopted: 30th June 1965 according to the Hannover archives.
Source: Arnold Rabbow, "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover.
*A "Samtgemeinde" (SG*), also called "collective municipality" is a combination of several municipalities to an administrative community in Lower Saxony.
Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2007

Somewhat difficult to believe that the flag was adopted *exactly* five years after the arms? Special celebration?
Marcus E.V. Schmöger, 5 Oct 2007

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[Gielde vertical flag] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2007
Flag adopted 30 Jun 1965

CoA

[Gielde CoA] image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2007
adopted 30 Jun 1960