Last modified: 2019-04-25 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[ flag]](../images/d/de-pg-01).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2019
According to §3 of Hauptsatzung of Bad Wilsnack/Weisen Subcounty, version 2 Juni 2009, there are only a coat of arms and a seal but no flag. The information was confirmed per phone call by Amtsdirektor Mr. Torsten Jacob.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2019
Shield Vert, three coronets Or ordered 2:1, chief Or charged with a barrulet wavy Azure.
Meaning:
The barrulet wavy in chief is a representation of the Elbe River. The three coronets are representing the kins of Quitzow, Jagow and Saldern, who played an important role in local history.
Source: information provided by Torsten Jacob per phone call
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2019
The arms were approved on 7 September 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2019
The following municipalities don't have proper flags: Legde/Quitzöbel, Legde/Quitzöbel and Weisen municipality.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2019
![[Bad Wilsnack city flag]](../images/d/de-pg-01-bw.gif)
3:5 
image by Stefan Schwoon, 6 Apr 2001
It is a green-white-blue horizontal tricolour. The arms on the white stripe and shifted to the hoist.
Source: Günther 1995 (Erwin Günther, Ostdeutsche Stadtflaggen (1): Land Brandenburg, in Der Flaggenkurier, no. 1, 1995)
Stefan Schwoon, 6 Apr 2001
![[Bad Wilsnack city banner]](../images/d/de-pg-01-bw_.gif)
5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon, 6 Apr 2001
The city uses mostly the banner in the colours green-white-blue with the arms on the white stripe and shifted to the top.
Source: Günther 1995 (Erwin Günther, Ostdeutsche Stadtflaggen (1): Land Brandenburg, in Der Flaggenkurier, no. 1, 1995)
Stefan Schwoon, 6 Apr 2001
Shield Azure, on a base Vert a church Argent with port and windows sable and spires Gules.
Meaning:
According to Ralf Hartemink the arms display the local church, which should be the St. Nicholas Church of the Sacred Blood, which had been a place of pilgrimage due to a miracle with a bleeding Host, which had been burnt by a Protestant reverend in 1552, which marked the end of the local pilgrimage. The church now has no towers in its western façade.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Stefan Schwoon, 6 Apr 2001 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2019
The arms were approved on 8 January 1992.
Stefan Schwoon, 6 Apr 2001
![[Breese municipal flag]](../images/d/de-pg-01-br.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2019
It is a red over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2019
![[Breese municipal banner]](../images/d/de-pg-01-br_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2019
It is a red-white vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2019
Shield Argent, at dexter a sewing needle Gules in pale with double embowed thread of the same, at sinister an unicorn forcene Gules.
Meaning:
The unicorn is taken from the family arms of the Retzdorf kin, being landlords of the villages of Groß Breese, Klein Breese and Mittelbreese from the 14th until the 18th century. The needle is representing the Singer factory for the famous sewing machines, which had been established in nearby Wttenberge in 1903. It became the most important employer for the people of the Breeses and changed the appearance of the villages completely by building new settlements for the workers in 1925. Needle and thread together form an initial "B" for Breese.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2019
Flag, banner and arms were approved on 14 November 2012 by LHA Brandenburg (Main State Archive).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Apr 2019
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