Last modified: 2017-09-29 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: burgdorf | beinhorn | heessel(burgdorf) | otze | ramlingen-ehlershausen | weferlingsen | oak | lion(yellow) | millstone | fir | sun-wheel | milrind | bee hive |
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![[Burgdorf City flag]](../images/d/de-hv-bd.gif)
3:5
image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2017
It is a green over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
![[Burgdorf city banner]](../images/d/de-hv-bd_.gif)
3:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2017
It is a green-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
Shield Argent with base Vert, issuant from base two oaks Vert, in front of the oaks a lion couchant guardant Or.
Meaning:
Meaning:
The current pattern already appeared on seals of the local council from 1520 and 1669. It is the lion of the Welfen kin, after the Bishops of Hildesheim had ceded Burgdorf to the Dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg in 1420/1421 at the end of a local war. The dukes erected a castle and enlarged the city. The oaks are representing Burgdorfer Holz, a forest, where many new citizens settled down. The flag colours repeat the colours of the charges.
The arms were confirmed in 1940 by Oberpräsident of Prussian Hannover Province.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.30
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
![[Beinhorn borough flag]](../images/d/de-hv-bd-bh.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2017
It is a green-white-green horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
![[Beinhorn borough banner]](../images/d/de-hv-bd-bh_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2017
It is a green-white-green vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 3:7:3. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
Shield parted per fess; above Vert a lion issuant Or tongued Gules; beneath Vert a millstone Argent charged with a milrind Sable.
Meaning:
In Beinhorn there existed a Vehmic Court (German: Freigericht) until the 17th century. This is symbolised by the lion issuant, also in other municipalities of the region. Millstone and milrind are reminding on the legendary "Moormühle", a watermill near the namesake current wayside inn.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
![[Heeßel (Burgdorf) borough flag]](../images/d/de-hv-bd-hl.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2017
It is a green-white-green horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
![[Heeßel (Burgdorf) borough banner]](../images/d/de-hv-bd-hl_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2017
It is a green-white-green vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 3:7:3. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
Shield parted per fess embattled; above Vert a lion issuant Or tongued Gules; beneath Argent with base Vert, issuant from base three firs Vert.
Meaning:
In Heeßel there existed a Vehmic Court (German: Freigericht) until the 17th century. This is symbolised by the lion issuant, also in other municipalities of the region. The lower part is referring to a castle, that had been in the Heeßeler Tannen, a forest literally translated as "firs of Heeßel".
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
![[Otze borough flag]](../images/d/de-hv-bd-oz.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2017
It is a green-white-green horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
![[Otze borough banner]](../images/d/de-hv-bd-oz_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2017
It is a green-white-green vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 3:7:3. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
Shield parted per fess; above Vert a lion issuant Or tongued Gules; beneath Argent a wheel cross Gules.
Meaning:
In Otze there existed a Vehmic Court (German: Freigericht) until the 17th century. This is symbolised by the lion issuant, also in other municipalities of the region. The court met twice or thrice every year, always in different villages, belonging to the court. The wheel cross is one form of a sunwheel, a.k.a. "cross of life", a pre-Christian symbol, which had been overtaken as an ornament of the local chapel in 1250.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
![[Ramlingen-Ehlershausen borough flag]](../images/d/de-hv-bd-re.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2017
It is a green-white-green horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
![[Ramlingen-Ehlershausen borough banner]](../images/d/de-hv-bd-re_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2017
It is a green-white-green vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 3:7:3. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
Shield parted per fess; above Vert a lion issuant Or tongued Gules; beneath Argent two water lily leaves Vert, flanking a milrind Azure in pale.
Meaning:
In Ramlingen-Ehlershausen there existed a Vehmic Court (German: Freigericht) until the 17th century. This is symbolised by the lion issuant, also in other municipalities of the region. The milrind is symbolising the solidarity of both settlement cores. The leaves are alluding to a deed of donation, where Duke Ernst the Confessor granted the local ponds to the village Ramlingen as a reward for its abiding services.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
![[Weferlingsen borough flag]](../images/d/de-hv-bd-wf.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2017
It is a green-white-green horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
![[Weferlingsen borough banner]](../images/d/de-hv-bd-wf_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2017
It is a green-white-green vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 3:7:3. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
Shield parted per fess; above Vert a lion issuant Or tongued Gules; beneath Argent a bee hive Gules, flanked by two grain ears Vert.
Meaning:
In Weferlingsen there existed a Vehmic Court (German: Freigericht) until the 17th century. This is symbolised by the lion issuant, also in other municipalities of the region. The ears are stressing the rural character of the village. The bee hive is reminding on beekeeping as an important business line in the past.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2017
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