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Friesack Subcounty (Germany)

Amt Friesack, Landkreis Havelland, Brandenburg

Last modified: 2019-04-16 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: friesack(subcounty) | friesack | retzow | demi-eagle | lylac | castle | eagle(red) | lynx |
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[Friesack Subcounty flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Apr 2019 See also:

Friesack Subcounty

Friesack Subcounty Flag

It is a green-white-red horizontal tricolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2019

Friesack Subcounty Banner

[ banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Apr 2019

It is a green-white-red vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2019

Friesack Subcounty Coat of Arms

Shield Argent and parted per pale; at dexter a demi-eagle Gules couped per pale, armed and tongued Or with cloverstem Or; at sinister issuant from a leaf reversed Vert a lilac umbel with 11 blossoms Azure.
Meaning:
The eagle is a differentiation of the arms of Brandenburg. The 11 blossoms are representing the (former) municipalities, establishing the subcounty on 19 June 1992. Those municipalities had been: Friesack (city), Brädikow, Haage, Paulinenaue, Pessin, Senzke, Vietznitz, Wagenitz, Warsow, Wutzetz and Zootzen.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2019

Flag, banner and arms were approved on 11 October 1994.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2019


Municipalities without proper Flags

The following municipalities have no proper flags: Mühlenberge, Paulinenaue, Pessin and Wiesenaue.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Apr 2019


Friesack City

Friesack Flag

[Friesack city flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Apr 2019

It is a blue over white over red horizontal tricolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Apr 2019

Friesack Banner

[ banner] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Apr 2019

It is a blue-white-red vertical tricolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Apr 2019

Friesack Coat of Arms

Shield Argent with base Vert, a castle Azure with port Or and windows Sable, having two embattled towers with domes Gules, between the towers an impending eagle Gules armed Or with cloverstems Or.
Meaning:
The arms are derived from the oldest known city seal from 1619. The seal already displayed the castle with the eagle of Brandenburg. Friesack gained city rights in 1327, but older seals are not known. Nearly all later seals displayed more or less the same pattern. The 1825 version however showed a phoenix rising from his ashes. Its meaning is not known.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Apr 2019

The arms were approved on 14 April 1994. The flag was approved on 17 March 1995.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Apr 2019


Retzow Municipality

Retzow Flag


[Retzow municipal flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Apr 2019

It is a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2019

Retzow Banner

[Retzow municipal banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Apr 2019

It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2019

Retzow Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, on a base Gules in bend twice plugged Azure, a lynx passant guardant Gules spotted Sable.
Meaning:
The lynx is canting, as in the former Polabian language the meaning of the municipality's name had been "place of lynxes" (=Rysow). The bend with two plugs is symbolising the landscape, having a continuous declining slope with two ponds. The colours red and white are those of Brandenburg. The draft was made by Jörg Mantzsch.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2019

Flag, banner and arms were approved on 15 April 2014.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Apr 2019


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