Alfeld upon Leine City (Germany)

Stadt Alfeld an der Leine, Landkreis Hildesheim, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: alfeld(leine) | disc | gable | portcullis | tower |
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It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Nov 2011

Coat of Arms

In a red shield is a silver (= white) gate consistung of a gable between two embattled towers. The open gate is black and has a golden (= yellow) portcullis, superimposed by a lying inescutcheon quarterly divided into golden (= yellow) and red with a blue disc in the centre.
Meaning:
According to source the colours in the inescutcheon are those of the Bishopric of Hildesheim. The "blue stone" is first mentioned in a chronicle in 1492, probably related to a stone at the gate of the townhall. The new version is in use since 1939.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.16
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Nov 2011

The coat of arms were approved by Oberpräsident of Prussian province of Hannover in 1939.

Plain Flag reported 1891

It is a red over yellow horizontal bicolour.
Source:H.Ahrens "Hannoversche Landschafts-und Städtewappen", 1891, plate XX
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2011

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