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Ammerland County (Germany)

Landkreis Ammerland, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2019-12-31 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Ammerland County flag] 2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 14 Dec 2007 See also:

Ammerland County

The county seat is the city of Westerstede.
Jörg Majewski, 14 Dec 2007

Ammerland County Flag (since 1981)

The flag is quarterly divided into blue (upper hoist and lower fly) and red (lower hoist and upper fly). The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag. Note that Stefan Schwoon displays a similar image with ratio 3:5. The colours of the flag are alluding to Oldenburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Oct 2011

Ammerland County Coat of Arms

[Ammerland County arms] image by Jörg Majewski, 14 Dec 2007

Shield quartered, 1st quarter Or two bars Gules, 2nd quarter Azure a cross moline Or, 3rd quarter Azure an oak leaf Or with acorn of the same, 4th quarter Or two bars dancetty Gules.
Meaning:
The arms show in the upper part the arms of the State of Oldenburg, to which the district belonged. The acorn symbolises the large forests in the district. The fourth quarter shows the oldest arms of the counts of Oldenburg, two bars dancetty, which were changed in 1200 by Moritz von Oldenburg into straight bars as can be seen in the first quarter.
The cross in the second quarter was replaced by a cross moline, the more correct historical cross for the area around Spohle and Conneforde.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.13
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Oct 2011

Former County Flags

The colours of all flags are alluding to Oldenburg.

Ammerland County Flag (1958 - 1970)

[Ammerland County Flag 1958] 3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 30 Oct 2011

It is a blue over red horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Oct 2011

Ammerland County Flag (1970 - 1978)

[Ammerland County Flag 1970] 3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 30 Oct 2011

It is a blue flag divided by a red centred cross. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Oct 2011

Ammerland County Flag (1978 - 1981)

[Ammerland County Flag 1978] 3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 30 Oct 2011

It is a blue flag divided by red off-centred cross. The coat of arms is shifted to the top and superimposing the intersection point of cross bars.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Oct 2011

The flag was approved on 1 April 1981. The arms were approved on 3 July 1978. The old arms were approved on 27 March 1952.
Jörg Majewski, 14 Dec 2007

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