Cremlingen Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Cremlingen, Landkreis Wolfenbüttel, Niedersachsen

Last modified: 2020-12-05 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: cremlingen | destedt | hemkenrode | schandelah | lion(yellow) | ammonite | beech |
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3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Sep 2007

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• Schandelah Village
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• Schandelah Coat of Arms

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Cremlingen Municipality

Cremlingen Flag

It is a blue-yellow blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 3:7:3. The coat of arms is in the middle of the yellow stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 7 Sep 2007

Cremlingen Banner

It is a blue-yellow blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes 3:7:3. The coat of arms is in the yellow stripe shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 7 Sep 2007

Cremlingen Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess, above Azure a demi-lion rampant issuant armed and tongued Gules, beneath Or an ammonite Azure.
Meaning:
The lion is taken from the arms of the former Braunschweig County, to which the municipality belonged. The ammonite is alluding to numerous petrifactions, found in the nearby Elm Mountains.
Sources: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweig 2003 and Main State Archives of Hannover
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2020

Flag, banner and arms were approved on 8 June 1976
Jörg Majewski, 7 Sep 2007

Destedt Village

Destedt Flag

It is a blue-yellow blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:4:1. The coat of arms is in the yellow stripe slightly shifted to the hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 8 Sep 2007

Destedt Banner

It is a blue-yellow blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:5:1. The coat of arms is in the yellow stripe shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 8 Sep 2007

Destedt Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a beech twig Or with six leaves, in base an ammonite Or.
Meaning:
The charges are alluding to the Elm Mountains, its beech groves and its numerous petrifactions.
Sources: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweig 2003 and Main State Archives of Hannover
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2020

Flag and banner were adopted on 27 February 1968 by the namesake comprehensive municipality (Samtgemeinde), the arms were approved on 12 March 1984.
Jörg Majewski, 8 Sep 2007

Hemkenrode Village

Hemkenrode Flag

It is a green-white horzontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 9 Sep 2007

Hemkenrode Banner

It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The arms are shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 9 Sep 2007

Hemkenrode Coat of Arms

Shield parted per bend sinister, above right Argent a beech leaf Vert, beneath left Vert an ammonite Argent.
Meaning:
The charges are alluding to the Elm Mountains, its beech groves and its numerous petrifactions.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweig 2003 and Main State Archives of Hannover
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2020

The arms were approved on 21 November 1967.
Jörg Majewski, 9 Sep 2007

Schandelah Village

Schandelah Flag

It is a blue-yellow blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 3:7:3. The coat of arms is in the yellow stripe slightly shifted to the hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 10 Sep 2007

Schandelah Banner

It is a blue-yellow blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes 3:7:3. The coat of arms is in the yellow stripe slightly shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 10 Sep 2007

Schandelah Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale; at dexter Azure semy of heartlets Gules a sinister facing lion rampant Or, armed and tongued Gules; at sinister paly dancetty of seven of Azure and Or.
Meaning:
The lion is taken from the arms of the Dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, differentiated in tinctures and heading of the lion. Schandelah belonged to the duchy until 1512 and became then a part of the Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel branch of the kin. The pattern of the sinister half displays the arms of the Lords of Scanlesche, their arms had been however white and red. The tinctures were adapted to the colours of Braunschweig.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweig 2003 and Main State Archives of Hannover
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Dec 2020

The arms were approved on 30 August 1967.
Jörg Majewski, 10 Sep 2007

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