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![[Ostholstein County flag]](../images/d/de-oh.gif)
3:5
image by Jörg Majewski, 9 Dec 2007
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The Ostholstein county has an area of 1,392 sqkm2, and a population of over 25,.000 inhabitants. Jörg Majewski, 9 Dec 2007
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a white flag with red stripes at the top- and bottom-edge. The coat of arms is in the middle of the white stripe.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Dec 2012
![[Ostholstein CoA]](../images/d/de-oh).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 9 Dec 2007
Description of coat of arms:
At the bottom of a blue shield is a silver (= white), embattled tower issuant having two levels. The lower part is masoned black. The upper part has three blue windows. Above the tower is an impending golden (= yellow) cross potent flanked by two flying scarves of the same colour. The upper arm of the cross is crowned by a silver (= white) mitre.
Meaning:
In 1970 the former counties of Oldenburg (Holstein) and Eutin merged. The county of Oldenburg had been part of the Duchy of Holstein and was established in 1867 by the Prussian government. The tower is taken from the arms of the city of Oldenburg (Holstein). On the other hand Eutin had been part of the Oldenburgian Bishopric of Lübeck and became a part of the Duchy of Oldenburg in 1803. In 1937 Eutin became a part of the Prussian district of Schleswig. Cross and mitre are taken from the arms of the former county of Eutin and before they had been parts of the arms of the Bishopric of Lübeck.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.28
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 30 July 1971
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Dec 2012
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