City of Wittmund (Germany)

Stadt Wittmund, Kreis Wittmund, Lower Saxony

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• Wittmund City Flag
• Wittmund Doubtful Traditional Tricolour
• Wittmund pre 1930 Market Town Bicolour
• Van Hejningen's Proposal 2005

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Wittmund City Flag

Description of flag:
It is a red over green over red horizontal tricolour.
Jaume Ollé, 28 Aug 1999

The information is confirmed by the following
Sources: protocol of meeting of the city council 18 December 1973, and Stadler 1970, p.84, and Hauptsatzung of the City of Wittmund, version 16 January 1973
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Nov 2013

Wittmund Doubtful Traditional Tricolour

Description of flag:
It is a red over black over red horizontal tricolour. Van Hejningen assumes that the black stripe is the "dark green", which was mentioned within Hauptsatzung above and was taken from an, however unknown, primordial source.
Source: Hans van Hejningen: "Die Stadt Wittmund: Wappen an die Flagge angepasst - eine ungewöhnliche Geschichte", published in ""Der Flaggenkurier", no.19; Achim 2005; pp.6-11 (The city of Wittmund: coat of arms adapted to flag - an unusual story)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Nov 2013

Wittmund pre 1930 Market Town Bicolour

Description of flag:
It was a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour.
Source: protocol of meeting of the administration board of the city 30 October 1973
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Nov 2013

Van Hejningen's Proposal 2005

Description of flag:
It is a horizontal 7-stripes flag, blue - yellow - red - black - red - yellow - blue.
Explanation:
Hans van Hejningen explains, how the current flag (see above) was adopted in 1930. As a result the tinctures of the coat of arms had to be changed. At the end of his article the author gives a proposal explaining the colours as follows: "they are representing Harlingerland and Attena (kin) [blue, yellow], Rietberg [red,yellow], , Eastern Frisia [blue,red,black] and Germany [black/red/yellow]. Furthermore the three central stripes are representing the traditional flag of Wittmund [which is however not explained within the article]".
additional information given by editor in []-brackets
Source: Source: Hans van Hejningen: "Die Stadt Wittmund: Wappen an die Flagge angepasst - eine ungewöhnliche Geschichte", published in ""Der Flaggenkurier", no.19; Achim 2005; pp.6-11 (The city of Wittmund: coat of arms adapted to flag - an unusual story)

The flag was approved on 12 February 1930 by Prussian minister of state and re-adopted on 18 December 1973 by the city council.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Nov 2013

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