Aurich city (Germany)

Stadt Aurich, Aurich County, Lower Saxony

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2009

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Aurich city

Feather-flag

Description of feather-flag: The banner is divided vertically into red and yellow with the city’s coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: I spotted this flag on the market of Aurich on 29 April 2009.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2009

Arms

Description of coat of arms: It is a silver shield. Upon the base is a green hill with two trees in natural colour, which here means mainly green with black. Between the trees is a red shield containing a silver Gothic capital “A”.
Meaning: It is an image of the so called “Upstalsboom”, which is a tree located at the place, where a “thing” is held. The shield was used to mark the place as a “thing” (pronounced: ting) and the trees in this case obviously had been used to fix the shield. At this place the Eastern Frisian chieftains met for discussion and decision about local affairs. In the end the place was used as a mixture between parliament and court of justice.
Note: According to Aurich’s Hauptsatzung and to www.kommunalflaggen .de the letter “A” should be golden, not silver. An evidence can e.g. be found at this website.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2009