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Bleckede city (Germany)

Stadt Bleckede, Lüneburg county, Lower Saxony

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Sep 2008

Bleckede city

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Bleckede city

City of Bleckede (Lüneburg county; Lower Saxony).
Description of flag: It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour with the cities coat of arms shifted to the hoist.
Description of coat of arms: In a blue field is a blue rampant lion, red armed and red tongued. Above the lion is a red mural crown.
Meaning: Bleckede was founded and granted the title of a city in 1209 by a son of Heinrich the Lion from Welfen kin, duke of Saxony and Bavaria. The blue lion is that one of the Welfen dynasty (the same as in the coats of arms of the counties of Harburg, Uelzen and Lüneburg). The mural crown is symbolizing the city rights.
Source: I spotted a pennant with this pattern on 20 August 2008 in Bleckede itself.
I spotted some triangular and a bigger trapezium pennant, its fly end had half height of its hoist end. The owner assured me that the townhall would use a rectangular flag with the same pattern. And as they have four flagpoles, they have a municipality flag. As I haven’t seen the flag, I cannot guarantee, that the CoA of flag is also shifted to the hoist. I was told, you could buy the flags at Lohmanns grocery. But on a Wednesday afternoon in a tiny German city you can’t buy anything. And before I failed in contacting the local administration.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Sep 2008