Helmstedt County (Germany)

Landkreis Helmstedt, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-09-09 by klaus-michael schneider
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2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 24 Dec 2007
Flag adopted 9 Jul 1952

• Helmstedt County
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• Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
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Helmstedt County

area: 673.8 km²
inhabitants: 96,972
divisions: 26 municipalities, incl. 21 in 4 comprehensive municipalities, 3 towns
Jörg Majewski, 24 Dec 2007

Flag with off-centred Arms

It is a blue-yellow-blue horizontal triband. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the hoist and exceeding the yellow stripe.
Jörg Majewski, 24 Dec 2007

Flag with centred Arms

It is a blue-yellow-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the centre of the yellow stripe.
Jörg Majewski, 24 Dec 2007

Banner

It is a blue-yellow-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:3:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top in the yellow stripe.
Jörg Majewski, 24 Dec 2007

Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess, above Azure a horse passant Argent, beneath Or a grain ear Vert in pale superimposed by hammer and mallet Sable in saltire.
Meaning:
The colours blue and yellow had been those of the Free State of Braunschweig and of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburgto which the county belonged. The horse is taken from the arms of Lower Saxony. Ear and tools are symbolising agriculture and mining of coal and salt.
Flags and arms were approved on 9 July 1952 by Minister of Interior of Lower Saxony.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.44
Jarig Bakker, 24 Dec 2007

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