Freren Comprehensive Municipality (Germany)

Samtgemeinde Freren, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-08-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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Freren Comprehensive Municipality (SG)

Andervenne Municipality

Andervenne Banner

It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Klaus Günther: "Neugefundene Kommunalflaggen", in Der Flaggenkurier, edition 1 May 2017, pp.23-31
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Aug 2017

Shield parted per fess of Azure and Or, five wheat ears with stalks ordered per fan in counterchanged colours, in base flanked by two horseheads Gules facing outward.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Aug 2017

Beesten Municipality

Beesten Flag

It is a yellow flag with centred arms.
Source: Klaus Günther: "Neugefundene Kommunalflaggen", in Der Flaggenkurier, edition 1 May 2017, pp.23-31
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Aug 2017

French shield Or, a chevron Gules, beneath fretty of two bends and two bends sinister, in dexter chief a 6-spokes wheel Gules.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Aug 2017

Freren City

Freren Flag

The flag of the Samtgemeinde and city of Freren is a green yellow white striped cloth, means filled with the common coat of arms of comprehensive municipality and and city of Freren.
Source: email from the comprehensive municipality received 10 May 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Freren Flag with Coronet

It is nearly the same like above but with different shield, topped by a count's coronet like in the former city seals.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Aug 2017

Freren City Plain Flag reported 1891

Description of  flag:
The ratio is given as 1:2. It was a yellow over green horizontal bicolour.
Source:H.Ahrens "Hannoversche Landschafts-und Städtewappen", 1891, plate XX
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Nov 2011

Freren Tricolour

Hanns Fettweis and Klemens Stadler mention a (probably plain) tricolour green-yellow-red.
Sources:Hanns Fettweis: "Die Wappen der Städte, Gemeinden und Altkreise des Emslandes", 1989 and Stadler 1970, p.40
Jörg Majewski and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Aug 2017

Shield Or, three water lily leaves Vert fixed on a stem.
Meaning:
Freren had been seat of a subcounty (Amt) and gained city rights in 1723, was however downgraded to a rural municipality in the 19th century, and regained the city rank in 1950. The first seals were made in the 19th century, probably in 1804 for the very first time. The displayed a crown on the shield. The water lily by the locals is called "Aa-flower". The colours of the shield are alluding to the sandy hills between the swamps of local Aa River.
The current arms were approved in 1935. According to Fettweis probably there had been arms granted already in 1723 together with the city rank.
Sources: Hanns Fettweis: "Die Wappen der Städte, Gemeinden und Altkreise des Emslandes", 1989; email from the comprehensive municipality received 10 May 2005 and Stadler 1970, p.40

Messingen Municipality

Messingen Flag

It is a red-yellow-red horizontal triband. The coat of a rms, fimbriated white, is shifted to the hoist and exceeding the yellow stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 13 Nov 2007

Shield parted per fess; above Gules, aknife Or in bend accompanied by two acorns of the same, beneath Or two bells Azure fixed on a tau-cross of the same.
Meaning:
The tau-cross is an attribute of St. Anthony, the local patron saint. Messingen got its own parish church, dedicated to St. Anthony, in 1806. The knife (German: Messer) is a canting element, if the municipality's name is derived from "Messer".
The arms were approved on 24 February 1988, the flag later in the same year.
Sources: German WIKIPEDIA; Hanns Fettweis: "Die Wappen der Städte, Gemeinden und Altkreise des Emslandes", 1989; email from the comprehensive municipality received 10 May 2005 and state archive Hannover
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Aug 2017

Thuine Municipality

Thuine Flag

It is a green over red horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 14 Nov 2007

Shield Vert, three chevronels Argent, chief Gules charged with a dolmen Argent.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Aug 2017

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