Last modified: 2020-02-28 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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The following municipalities and the subcounty itself don't have proper flags: Hamberge and Westerau.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2020
![[Badendorf municipal flag]](../images/d/de-od-03-bd.gif)
3:5
image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Aug 2006
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
The shield is divided per bend sinister into green over gold (= yellow). Above right is a silver (= white) horse forcene. Below left is a black inescutcheon bearing a silver (= white) cross fleury.
Meaning:
The green colour is symbolising nature and environment. The yellow colour is symbolising agriculture, the sun and the fields of rape and grain. The bend is symbolising the changes after WW2. Before agriculture was the predominant business line, afterwards rental of estates, horse breeding and equitation gained more and more importance, which is also symbolised by the horse. The inescutcheon is alluding to the knight Bado. Badendorf means indeed Bado's village. Bado was a locutor of the counts of Schauenburg. Around 1150 he peopled the village with German settlers, after the Slavic inhabitants had been expelled. The cross fleury is alluding to the monastery in Reinbek. The village had been ruled by the monastery for 280 years.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 14 September 2005. The local artists are Sven Beuthien, Hans-Jürgen Köhncke, Ulrich Köntopp, Heinz-Ulrich Kottich and Klaus-Schwinge.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
![[Barnitz municipal flag]](../images/d/de-od-03-bz.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2020
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2020
Shield parted per fess wavy Argent, above Azure a boat Argent with oar of the same, beneath Gules a cross patty Or flanked by two pairs of 4-point stars of the same.
Meaning:
Barnitz was established in 1970 by a merger of Groß Barnitz, Klein Barnitz and Lokfeld. In 1978 Benstaben was incorporated. All former municipalities belonged to the Chapter of the Cathedral of Lübeck and are located alongside the Trave River. The cross is representing the chapter and the stars the four villages. Before bridges were built, the river was crossed by little ferries since 1463. They are represented by the boat.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
Flag and arms were approved on 24 February 2014. The artist is Wolfgang Bentin from Kastorf.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2020
![[Feldhorst municipal flag]](../images/d/de-od-03-fe.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
In a green shield a silver (= white) stone is at the bottom. Above the stone is a goshawk's head of the same colour. The head is flanked by two golden (= yellow) ears of grain. The base is divided by a silver (= white) fess wavy.
Meaning:
The head is representing the settlement core of Havighorst, the stone that one of Steinfeld. The ears of grain are symbolising agriculture. The fess wavy is symbolising riches of water.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
The flag was approved on 31 March 2010. The coat of arms was approved on 23 February 1999. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
![[Heidekamp municipal flag]](../images/d/de-od-03-hk.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Aug 2006
It is a green flag. The arms are in the centre of the flag. Their fess way is continued from end to end a a white, wavy line.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
The silver (= white) shield is divided by a blue fess wavy. Above is a branch of heather with three blossoms in natural colours. Below is a green stomp of linden tree with two leaves.
Meaning:
The fess wavy is symbolising the Heilsau, a local creek. The stomp reminds on the fact that the village had been created by forest clearance. The heather is symbolising the former wastelands. Both elements are also canting. Heather represents the first syllable and the stomp the 2nd syllable (derived from "campus").
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 11 April 2002. The artist is Hans Frieder Kühne from Barsbüttel.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
![[Heilshoop municipal flag]](../images/d/de-od-03-hh.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
The shield is divided by a silver (= white) bend sinister wavy into green over blue. Below left is a silver (= white) carp. On the dexter side is a silver (= white) horseshoe. Irregular curves are separating a plain golden (= yellow) field at the top. This field is called chief within source.
Meaning:
The curves are symbolising the local hillside. The bend wavy is symbolising the Heilsau, a local creek. The horseshoe is symbolising horse breeding. The fish is symbolising carp breeding. The blue colour is symbolising the Moorteich, a local pond. The yellow colour is symbolising fields of rape. The green colour is symbolising meadows.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
The flag was approved on 6 November 2008. The coat of arms was approved on 9 February 2005. The artist is Wendelin Herbrand from Heilshoop.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
![[Klein Wesenberg municipal flag]](../images/d/de-od-03-kw.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2020
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2020
Shield parted abased by a fess wavy Azure, above Or a church Gules with port and windows Or, beneath two grain ears Vert in saltire.
Meaning:
Klein Wesenberg was founded in 1189 and had a church since the 12th century. After it had been destroyed by a tempest it was rebuilt at the same place in 1882. The grain ears are stressing the rural character.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
Flag and arms were approved on 10 December 2013. The artist is Wolfgang Bentin from Kastorf.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2020
![[Mönkhagen flag]](../images/d/de-od-03-mh.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Oct 2008
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
![[Mönkhagen coat of arms]](../images/d/de-od-03-mh).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Oct 2008
In the silver (= white) shield are two red, curvy segments. In the segment above left is a silver (= white), bendy crozier. In the segment below right is a silver (= white) branch of blackthorn with two sloes.
Meaning:
The crozier is representing the settlement core of Mönkhagen proper. Mönkhagen was generated by forest clearance and founded by the monks of the monastery in Reinbek in 1186. The branch is representing the settlement core of Langniendorf. Here was a dangerous segment of the trade route from Segeberg to Lübeck, called "Reinbek Thorn". Here highwaymen robbed out the travellers. The branch of blackthorn (Latin: Prunus Spinoza) is symbolising this segment.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 11 March 2008. The artist is Tim Unverhau from Elmenhorst.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
![[Rehhorst municipal flag]](../images/d/de-od-03-re.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Aug 2006
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
The shield is divided by a golden (= yellow) bend sinister wavy. Above right in a blue field is a silver (= white) deer issuant. Below left in a red field is a golden (= yellow) blossom of rape. The bend wavy is superimposed by three green leaves of beech.
Meaning:
Deer and leaves are canting elements. The meaning of the municipality's name is "grove with deer". The number of leaves is symbolising the former independent municipalities of Pöhls, Rehhorst proper and Willendorf. The yellow bend wavy is symbolising agriculture and landscape. Red is mentioned as colour of the Duchy of Lauenburg. The rape blossom is symbolising the importance of rape as forage plant and as base for fuel.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 30 October 2001. The artist is R. Stapelfeldt from Rehhorst.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
![[Wesenberg flag]](../images/d/de-od-03-wb.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Oct 2008
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
![[Wesenberg coat of arms]](../images/d/de-od-03-wb).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Oct 2008
The shield is divided by a silver (= white) bend sinister into red over blue. Above right is an upright, silver (= white) crozier. Below left is stomp accompanied by a sinister bendy sword, both are also silver (= white). The bend sinister is superimposed by a blue bendlet sinister wavy.
Meaning:
Nowadays Wesenberg was generated, when former Wesenberg municipality merged with Stubbendorf and Ratzbek. The stomp is representing Stubbendorf. The bendlet wavy is representing Ratbek. The sword is representing Wesenberg and is taken from the arms of a locutor. The crozier is symbolising the affiliation of Wesenberg and Ratzbek with the monastery of Reinbek in the medieval.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
The flag was approved on 6 March 2008. The coat of arms was approved on 5 December 2007. The artist is Tim Unverhau.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
![[Zarpen flag]](../images/d/de-od-03-za.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Oct 2008
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms). The figures are shifted to the hoist.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
![[Zarpen coat of arms]](../images/d/de-od-03-za).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Oct 2008
In the red shield are a golden (= yellow) chalice and a key of the same colour. The silver base wavy is superimposed by a green oak leaf and at the top divided by a blue barrulet wavy.
Meaning:
The chalice is reminding on the foundation of the local church by the Cistercian monks of Reinbek in 1221. The key is symbolising city rights, market rights and juridical rights. They all got lost in 1473 after struggles with the monks. The key is also a symbol of the development of knowledge. The colours red and white are alluding to the city rights according to the pattern of Lübeck. The wavy line is symbolising moraines. The blue barrulet is symbolising creeks and ponds.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 18 March 2008. The artists are Elke Delfs, Sven Kunz, Bernhard Lobsien, Tim Unverhau and Holger Zimmermann.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2013
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