Rotenburg upon Wümme County (Germany)

Landkreis Rotenburg an der Wümme, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2019-12-31 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: rotenburg/wuemme(county) | lion(red) | keys(crossed) | cross(patty fitchy) |
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Rotenburg upon Wümme County

Rotenburg County Flag

It is a yellow-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Jan 2008

Rotenburg County Banner

It is a yellow-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top..
Jörg Majewski, 6 Jan 2008

Rotenburg County Coat of Arms

Shield parted by a barrulet Sable; above Argent a lion rampant Gules, crowned Or, armed and tongued Azure, holding a cross patty fitchy sable by his right forepaw; beaneath quartered of Argent and Azure, charged with a cross Gules in bend superimposing a cross Argent in bend sinister.
Meaning:
The old arms show the lion, taken from the arms of the Kingdom of Hannover and used as a symbol for the Amt Rothenburg, one of the counties in the Kingdom. The cross is taken from the arms of the Bishopric of Verden, former ruler in parts of the district. The lower part shows the Wümme River. The new arms combine the lion from the old arms with the keys from the arms of the Archbishopric of Bremen alluding to its patron saint St.Peter, furthermore representing the former county of Bremervörde.
Sources: German WIKIPEDIA and Stadler 1964, p.78.
Jarig Bakker, 6 Jan 2008

The flag was approved on 9 November 1979 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Lüneburg. The arms were approved on 31 May 1979 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Lüneburg. The old arms were approved on 16 July 1929.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Jan 2008

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