Dassel City (Germany)

Stadt Dassel, Landkreis Northeim, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Current Flag
• Plain Flag reported 1891
• Coat of Arms
• Hilwartshausen Borough
• Hilwartshausen Coat of Arms

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Current Flag

Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 June 2017

Plain Flag reported 1891

Description of  flag:
The ratio is given as 1:2. It was a blue over white horizontal bicolour.
Source:H.Ahrens "Hannoversche Landschafts-und Städtewappen", 1891, plate XX
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Nov 2011

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Azure, a pair of antlers Argent, surrounding five balls Argent, and surrounded by seven more balls Argent.
Meaning:
Dassel was seat of the Counts of Dassel until 1310, when the city was acquired by the Bishops of Hildesheim. In 1315 Dassel gained city rights from Bishop Heinrich of Wohldenberg. At the end of the 14th century a seal was made, showing St. Lawrence, the patron saint of the city, with a gridiron. In 1523 the city became a possession of the Dukes of Braunschweig, and a new seal appeared in the early 17th century, displaying the antler and six balls, taken from the family arms of the Counts of Dassel. The twelve balls were introduced in 1596.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.33
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 June 2017

Hilwartshausen Borough

Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:5:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the central stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 June 2017

Hilwartshausen Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Argent, issuant from base a mount Vert, crowned by an embattled castle Gules with two towers having roofs Azure, the castle is superimposing two S-shaped serpents Or averted.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 June 2017

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