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Municipality of Großefehn (East Frisia, Germany)

Gemeinde Großefehn, Kreis Aurich, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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Municipality of Großefehn

Großefehn Municipal Flag

Description of flag:
It is a red over yellow horizontal bicolour with the coat of arms in the centre.
Source: I spotted this flag at least eight times at Mittegroßefehn main street and at various parts of Ostgroßefehn. Some say the official flag would be a plain red over yellow bicolour.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Sep 2009

Großefehn Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a golden (= yellow) field is a red wind mill in Dutch style having a gallery. The shield has a red chief showing three golden(= yellow) acorns ordered per fess. The chief is divided from the rest of the shield by a wavy line.
Meaning:
The windmill is symbolizing the typical wind mills on the municipality�s territory. Today there exist already ten mills.The wavy line is symbolizing the numerous channels of the municipality which gave it the current name. Actually the suffix "-fehn"(Frisian: Fehne, sg.: das Fehn; German: Venn) is a settlement in the highmoors, drained by channels (Fehnkanäle). The acorns are symbolizing that Großefehn belongs to Aurich county. Two of them can also be found in the county�s coat of arms.
The coat of arms was adopted by the local council on 14 August 1973.
Source: see above
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Sep 2009

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