Wendeburg Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Wendeburg, Landkreis Peine, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: wendeburg | bortfeld | sophienthal | wendezelle | zweidorf | wheat(ear) | linden | wolf(head) | base(dovetailed) | fleur-de-lis | bell | rose(red) | fess(green) |
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• Introduction of Wendeburg
• Current Flag
• Banner
• Coat of Arms


• Bortfeld Village
• Bortfeld Flag
• Bortfeld Banner
• Bortfeld Coat of Arms


• Sophienthal Village
• Sophienthal Flag
• Sophienthal Banner
• Sophienthal Coat of Arms


• Wendezelle Village
• Wendezelle Flag
• Wendezelle Banner
• Wendezelle Coat of Arms


• Zweidorf Village
• Zweidorf Flag
• Zweidorf Banner
• Zweidorf Coat of Arms

• County and Municipal Flags (Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen)
• Peine County
• Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
• Germany

Introduction of Wendeburg

inhabitants: 10,136
coat of arms approved: 11 July 1978
flags approved: unknown
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 22 Aug 2007

Current Flag

Description of current flag:
It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 22 Aug 2007

Banner

Description of banner:
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 22 Aug 2007

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Or; a wolf's head Azure, armed Argent and tongued Gules; flanked by two wheat ears Azure, base dovetailed Azure, charged with a barrulet Or.
Meaning:
The colours are those of the former county and Duchy of Braunschweig, the wolf's head is taken from the arms of Peine County, to which the municipality belongs since 1974. The wolf's head is also used in the local village on a memorial in the local church dating from 1439. The base is referring to the -Burg (= castle) suffix of the name, whereas the golden barrulet is symbolising Aue River. The wheat ears are symbolising the agricultural character of the village.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 July 2017

Bortfeld Village

incorporated on 1 March 1974
coat of arms approved: 4 September 1964
flags approved: 10 January 1964 according to the Hannover State Archives
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover.
Jörg Majewski,

Bortfeld Flag

Description of current flag:
It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski,

Bortfeld Banner

Description of banner:
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski,

Bortfeld Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield parted per pale of Or and Azure, two staffs of office in saltire, topped by a fleur-de-lis each, in counterchanged colours.
Meaning:
The two staffs are taken from the arms of the Lords of Bortfeld, who originated in the municipality and who became extinct in 1685. The original colours had been silver and red, but these were changed into the colours of the Duchy of Braunschweig, to which the area historically belonged.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Sophienthal Village

incorporated on 1 March 1974
coat of arms in use since 23 February 1985, approved 23 May 1985
flags approved: 23 May 1985
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover.
Jörg Majewski,

Sophienthal Flag

Description of current flag:
It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski, and M. Schmöger, 5 Oct 2007

Sophienthal Banner

Description of banner:
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski,

Sophienthal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield parted elevated per chevron; above Or two hazel leaves Azure, each with a small nut; beneath Azure a bell Or.
Meaning:
The arms display a point symbolising the estate, built in 1724 by Duchess Elisabeth Sophie Marie of Braunschweig, of which only parts remained. The village developed around the estate. The bell is symbolising a gift of the duchess to the church in Fürstenau, but since 1896 it is the main bell of the local church. The hazel leaves are symbolising the local nature, as well as many place names referring to hazel trees. The colours are those of the Duchy of Braunschweig, to which the area historically belonged.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 July 2017

Wendezelle Village

incorporated in 1968
coat of arms in use since 18 August 1986
flags approved: unknown
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover.
Jörg Majewski,

Wendezelle Flag

Description of current flag:
It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 25 Aug 2007

An older (unofficial) variant of the arms was put on an earlier version of the flag: two stripes, yellow-blue, with the arms, plus the inscription "WENDEZELLE" in white.
M. Schmöger, 5 Oct 2007

Wendezelle Banner

Description of banner:
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 25 Aug 2007

Wendezelle Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Azure, a linden emanating from an annulet, flanked by two wheat ears in pale, all or.
Meaning:
The annulet (ring) is symbolising the original form of the settlement, which can still be discerned today. The linden tree shows that justice was administrated here for the village and its environment. The wheat ears are representing agriculture. The colours blue and yellow signify that this place belonged for centuries to the Duchy of Braunschweig. The annulet stands for the character of the village, a round village (German: Rundlingsdorf), a village where the farms are arranged in a ring. The ring rounded a tree which stands for an "Erzkämmereigericht" till 1807, an old court.
Source: this obsolete webpage: http://www.wendezelle.com/
Jarig Bakker, Christopher Southworth and Jörg Majewski, 25 Aug 2007

Zweidorf Village

incorporated in 1968
coat of arms approved: 27 August 1964
flags approved: unknown
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover.
Jörg Majewski, 26 Aug 2007

Zweidorf Flag

Description of current flag:
It is a red over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 26 Aug 2007

Zweidorf Banner

Description of banner:
It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 26 Aug 2007

Zweidorf Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Argent, abased a fess Vert, in chief a rose Gules with a 4-point star Argent in centre, seeded and barbed Vert.
Meaning:
The arms are based on the arms of the Von Zweidorf kin, who used a green fess with two half roses with four leaves rather than the more common 5 leaf-variety on either side. The municipality decided to use only one rose to distinguish the arms from the family arms.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

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