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Selsingen Comprehensive Municipality (Germany)

Samtgemeinde Selsingen, Landkreis Rotenburg an der Wümme, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2022-10-14 by klaus-michael schneider
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Selsingen Comprehensive Municipality (SG)

SG Selsingen Flag

Description of flag:
It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

SG Selsingen Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Argent, issuant from base a pile Azure, charged with a watermill's wheel Argent, having eight spokes and 21 paddles.
Meaning:
The pile is taken from the arms of Selsingen municipality, but in different tincture. The wheel is representing the comprehensive municipality, its spokes the eight municipalities of Selsingen, finally the paddles the independent 21 former municipalities.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Anderlingen Municipality

Anderlingen Flag

[Anderlingen municipal flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Description of flag:
It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 2:3:2 with centred arms. The shield is fimbriated white.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Anderlingen Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Gules, issuant from base a mount Vert, crowned by a foundling Argent displaying three dancing people Sable.
Meaning:
The foundling is the so called "Stone of Gods", which was discovered around 1900 during road works.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017


Deinstedt Municipality

Deinstedt Flag

[Deinstedt municipal flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Description of flag:
It is a blue-yellow-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1. The coat of arms is within the central stripe shifted to the hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Deinstedt Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Azure, in chief a torc's lock Or, in base a watermill's wheel Or.
Meaning:
The wheel is representing the mill in Malstedt, which belonged to St. George Monastery in Stade and was first mentioned in 1132. The lock is symbolising the excavations from 1938, where jewellery from the Bronze Age was discovered.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017


Farven Municipality

Farven Flag

[Farven municipal flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 17 July 2017

Description of flag:
It is a blue-yellow-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:6:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the central stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Farven Banner

[Farven municipal banner] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 17 July 2017

Description of flag:
It is a blue-yellow-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:6:1. The coat of arms is in the central stripe and shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Farven Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Azure, St. George Or, riding a horse Argent and killing a dragon Or, in base a bar wavy Argent, beneath the bar a heart Argent charged with a 6-point star Or.
Meaning:
St. George is alluding to the namesake monastery in Stade, to which the villages of Farven and Byhusen belonged. The bar wavy is representing Bever Creek. Heart and star are taken from the arms of the local Byhusen kin, today calling itself Bihusen.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017


Ostereistedt Municipality

Ostereistedt Flag

[Ostereistedt municipal flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Apr 2007
flag and banner and coat of arms approved 11 February 1986

Description of flag:
It is a yellow-green-yellow horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the central stripe.
Source: this online catalogue, based on State Archive of Hannover.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Apr 2007

Ostereistedt Banner

[Ostereistedt municipal banner] 8:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Apr 2007

Description of flag:
It is a yellow-green-yellow vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:1. The coat of arms is in the central stripe and shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue, based on State Archive of Hannover.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Apr 2007

Ostereistedt Coat of Arms

[Ostereistedt municipal CoA] image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Apr 2007

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Or, divided by a bend sinister wavy Vert, in dexter chief a raven passant Sable, in sinister base a small wreath Vert of three oak leaves and three acorns.
Meaning:
The bend wavy is symbolising the watershed of Elbe and Weser, which is crossing the municipality. The oak wreath is representing Ostereistedt proper. The old name had been Oster Eystedte, which means "place of oaks" and is derived from "oak" (German: Eiche). The raven is representing Rockstedt village, which was first mentioned in 1153. Its name is derived from Lower German word "Rook" (= raven). Some say that in Rockstedt had been a colony of common ravens (Latin: Corvus corax), which had been attendants of the God Odin.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2017


Rhade Municipality

Rhade Flag

[Rhade municipal flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Description of flag:
It is a white over blue horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Rhade Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Azure, three plates ordered 2:1.
Meaning:
The blazon denotes the plates as balls. They are taken from the family arms of the Barons of Rahden, local rulers. Their seat had been in a moated castle in Rhade from the 12th til 14th century.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Sandbostel Municipality

Sandbostel Flag

[Sandbostel municipal flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Description of flag:
It is a green over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Sandbostel Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Or; three farmhouses Gules with half timber Sable and doors Vert, ordered 2:1; issuant from base a mount Vert, charged with a barrulet wavy Argent.
Meaning:
The farmhouses with half timber are typical for Lower Saxony. The barrulet wavy is representing Oste River, the mount the local hillside.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017


Seedorf Municipality

Seedorf Flag

[Seedorf municipal flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Description of flag:
It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 3:10:3. The coat of arms is in the middle of the central stripe
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Seedorf Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Gules, a mammoth passant Argent armed Or, base sable charged with a spade Argent in fess.
Meaning:
The arms were overtaken from former Godenstedt municipality. During the depletion of marlstone the remains of a mammoth had been found there.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017


Selsingen Municipality

Selsingen Flag

[Selsingen municipal flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Description of flag:
It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with stripes of equal width. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017

Selsingen Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Argent, issuant from base a pile Gules, over all a reeve's staff Or and a sword Argent hilted Or in saltire.
Meaning:
The charges are alluding to the Knights of Selsingen, who had their seat and a courtyard in the village.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2017


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