Wittingen City (Germany)

Stadt Wittingen, Landkreis Gifhorn, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2019-05-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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Wittingen City

Wittingen Flag

It is a yellow-blue horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the hoist.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003
Jörg Majewski, 13 Apr 2007

Wittingen Banner

It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly to the top.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003
Jörg Majewski, 13 Apr 2007

Wittingen plain Flag reported 1891

The ratio is given as 1:2. It was a yellow over blue horizontal bicolour. The information is confirmed by Stadler 1970, p.84.
Source:H.Ahrens: "Hannoversche Landschafts-und Städtewappen", 1891, plate XX
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2011

Wittingen Coat of Arms

Shield Or, in base an impending embattled wall Gules with two embattled twowers, on the embattlements a lion statant Azure, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
Around 1340/50 the Dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg gained complete control, after they had released older rights of the Knights of Knesebeck and the Margraves of Brandenburg. The market town was denoted as a city already in the 14th century. It became a titular city in 1859 and gained full city rights in 1929. The oldest known seal from 1369 displays already a gate with the lion of the dukes. The wall with towers is stressing the city status. Later seals display either the lion alone, or a building with the lion, the size and shape of the building has changed considerably during the centuries. The above design dates from the 19th century.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.84
Jörg Majewski, 13 Apr 2007 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2019

Flag colours and arms are traditional.
Jörg Majewski, 13 Apr 2007

Radenbeck Borough

Radenbeck Flag

It is a blue-white-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the hoist.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003
Jörg Majewski, 14 Apr 2007

Radenbeck Banner

It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003
Jörg Majewski, 14 Apr 2007

Radenbeck Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, in base a bar wavy in counterchanged colours, at dexter Argent a kettle hook Azure in pale, at sinister Azure a crane vigilant Argent armed Or.
Meaning:
The bar wavy is symbolising Ohre River, until 1990 being the border between both parts of Germany. The kettle hook is symbolising farming and the rural character in general. The crane is alluding to the parcel of Kronsberg, which is said to be derived from "Kranichberg" (= crane's mountain).
Sources: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003, Ralf Hartemink's webpage, Rabbow 1977 and German WIKIPEDIA
Jörg Majewski, 14 Apr 2007 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2019

Flag, banner and arms were approved on 6 June 1962.
Jörg Majewski, 14 Apr 2007

Wollerstorf Borough

Wollerstorf Flag

The flag is parted per pale dancetty of blue and white at the flyend. The coat of arms without shield is at the hoist.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003
Jörg Majewski, 15 Apr 2007

Wollerstorf Banner

The banner is parted per fess dancetty of blue and white at the bottom end. The coat of arms without shield is at the top end.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003
Jörg Majewski, 15 Apr 2007

Wollerstorf Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a beaker Or, surrounded in orle by seven trefoils Or.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2019

The arms are in use since 1993 according to Arnold Rabbow.
Jörg Majewski, 15 Apr 2007

Zasenbeck Borough

Zasenbeck Flag

It is a blue-yellow-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:5:1. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the hoist.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003
Jörg Majewski, 16 Apr 2007

Zasenbeck Banner

It is a blue-yellow-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:5:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003
Jörg Majewski, 16 Apr 2007

Zasenbeck Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, parted by a bend sinister Argent, in dexter chief an oak leaf Or, in sinister base a plough share Or.
Meaning:
The bend sinister wavy is symbolising Ohre River, the leaf is symbolising the local oak groves, the plough share agriculture.
Sources: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003 and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2019

Flag, banner and arms were approved on 7 May 1965
Jörg Majewski, 16 Apr 2007

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