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Municipality of Dornum (East Frisia, Germany)

Gemeinde Dornum, Kreis Aurich, Lower Saxony

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Municipality of Dornum

Dornum Municipal Flag

Description of flag:
It is a yellow over black horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: �2(1) of Hauptsatzung of the Municipality of Dornum, version 15 December 2011
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Dec 2013

Dornum Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a golden (= yellow) shield is a black, rampant bear, armed and tongued red, wearing a golden (= yellow) collar with an oversized annulet of the same colour.
Meaning:
The bear is taken from the arms of the Attena kin, whose memebers had been the first chieftains of Dornum. Dornum had been a market town (Flecken) until 2001. It formed the comprehensive municipality of Dornum together with the market town of Nesse and the municipality of Dornumersiel from 2 August 1972 until 31 October 2001.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.34

According to Hans van Hejningen Dornum had no proper flag before 2004. The coat of arms was approved by Regierungspr�sident Aurich in 1961 for the market town and in 2001 overtaken by the municipality
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Dec 2013

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