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I have just scanned the book Hannoversche Landschafts-und St�dtewappen by Ahrens, 1891.
The last page gives an overview of the flags of the Province of Hannover, its districts (Landschaften) and the cities at the time.
I put if for downloading at www.ngw.nl/hannoverflags.pdf.
Ralf Hartemink, 19 Feb 2008

Provinz (province) Hannover: yellow over white

Landschaften (districts): (all flags horizontal 2- of 3-striped)
- Bremen-Verden: red - green - black
- Calenberg-Grubenhagen: red - blue
- Hildesheim: yellow - red
- Hoya-Diepholz: yellow - black
- L�neburg: red - yellow - blue
- Osnabr�ck: white - red
- Ostfriesland: blue - white - red

St�dte (cities):
Alfeld: red - yellow
Altenau: green - yellow
(St.) Andreasberg: red - white
Aurich: red - yellow
(Bad) Bentheim: red - yellow
Bockenem: yellow - red - white
Bodenwerder: blue - red
Bremerv�rde: red - green
Burgdorf: white - green - yellow
Buxtehude: blue - yellow - black
Celle: blue - white
Clausthal: blue - yellow - green
Dannenberg: green - yellow
Dassel: blue - white
Dransfeld: black - yellow
Duderstadt: red - yellow
Einbeck: red - yellow
Elbingerode: white - red
Eldagsen: yellow - red - white
Elze: blue - white
Emden: black - yellow
Esens: blue - white - black
Freren: yellow - green
F�rstenau: white - red
Geestem�nde: blue - yellow [now part of Bremerhaven, Bremen]
Gifhorn: blue - red
G�ttingen: black - yellow
Goslar: yellow - black
Gronau: red - yellow
Grund: black - yellow - green
Hameln: red - white - blue
Hannover: red - yellow - green
Harburg: white - red [now part of Hamburg]
Hardegsen: blue - white
Hasel�ne: red - white
Hedem�nden: white - red
Hildesheim: yellow - red
Hitzacker: green - white - red
Lautenthal: yellow - white - yellow
Leer: red - white
Linden: blue - white
Lingen: red - yellow
L�chow: red - blue
L�neburg: red - blue - white
Melle: white - red
Meppen: white - blue
Moringen: blue - yellow
M�nden: red - yellow
M�nder: green - yellow
Neuenhaus: red - white
Neustadt: white - blue
Nienburg: blue - yellow - red
Norden: blue - yellow
Nordhorn: red - yellow
Northeim: yellow - red
Osnabr�ck: white - black
Otterndorf: blue - yellow
Papenburg: blue - red - yellow
Pattensen: white - green
Peine: red - green
Quackenbr�ck: white - red
Rehburg: white - red - black
Rethem: yellow - blue
Sarstedt: yellow - red - green
Schnackenburg: white - red
Sch�ttorf: blue - red - yellow
Soltau: yellow - blue
Springe: white - blue - red
Stade: blue - white
Uelzen: blue - white - green
Uslar: yellow - blue
Verden - white - black
Walsrode: blue - red
Wildemann: red - white - green
Winsen: blue - yellow - red
Wittingen: yellow - blue
Wunschtorf: red - white - yellow
Wustrow: blue - white
Zellerfeld: red - yellow - white

I haven't seen (yet) the book by Ahrens, but the Landschaftsfarben are also mentioned (as cited from Ahrens) in [stl97], the Deutsche Wappenrolle by Str�hl.
The colours mentioned are a bit doubtful, to say the least. In particular Ostfriesland (East Friesland) seems invented, as the traditional flag is black-red-blue.
The other Landschaften are not so well known, so it is more difficult to say. However, these colours are IMHO probably just derived from the coats-of-arms, and most probably by Ahrens himself. It is possible, but not particularly probable, that they had been used in the form of colours.
I would, however, think, that striped flags in these colours were not used.
Marcus E.V. Schm�ger, 24 Feb 2008


Other Municipal Flagcolors

Niedersachsen city flags [quoted from Flaggenmitteilung?]:
Municipality or Gemeinde: colours
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Bodenteich: white-red
Brockel: yellow-blue-yellow
Brome: red-white-red
D�denb�ttel: white-red
Duderstadt: yellow-blue
Edemissen: blue-yellow-blue
Emmerthal: yellow-blue
Flottwedel: yellow-blue-yellow
Holtriehm: yellow-green
Ilsede: red-yellow
Jemgum: green-yellow
Kirchlingen: red-yellow-red
Kreiensen: red-yellow
Northeim: blue-white
Ostrhauderfehn: red-yellow
Rehburg-Loccum: red-white
Rehden: red-yellow
Sehnde: yellow-red-yellow
Sickte: green-yellow
S�dbrookmerland: red-yellow
Uplengen: black-white
Wesendorf: red-blue-red
Wittmund: red-green-red
Jaume Oll�, 28 Aug 1999

The names of the municipalities contain a number of spelling mistakes, and some have become renamed or incorporated into other municipalities. This is a list of corrections/updates:
- Flottwedel: now part of Wietzendorf
- Kirchlingen: doesn't exist, maybe Kirchlinteln is meant?
- Holtriehm: possibly Holtriem, a Samtgemeinde (an association of several small municipalities) in the county Wittmund.
- Bodenteich: was recently declared a spa and is now named Bad Bodenteich
Stefan Schwoon, 11 Feb 2002

HOLTRIEHM is indeed wrong. It should be HOLTRIEM = region with wood ('Holt' is the Lower-German variant of 'Holz' = wood). 'Riem' = Region'. The Holtriem homepage is here, with the CoA described below. It's a commune just north of Aurich.
The flag is two horizontal stripes, yellow-green with in the centre the coats of arms: "Quarterly: I en IV: Vert, four golden discs ranged bendwise or, each charged with two concentric rings sable; II: Or, a Dutch windmill gules; III: Or, three fesses wavy azure". The 4=4=8 antique discs symbolize the eight members of the Samtgemeinde Holtriem. They also remember the two in 1872 in Terheide (then comm.of Westerholt) discovered goldscales from the Bronze-age. The scales had circles (as now in these arms).
The windmill points to the many windmills ever been here. These mostly had been build in red bricks. The fesses wavy point to the 'Ewiges Meer' ('Eternal Lake), the biggest known lake in the German peat-moor.
Arms authorized by the Regierungspr�sident in Aurich 18 Apr 1975.
Colours: Gold and green symbolise also the mixture of moor- and sandsoil and meadows. Green also refer to the rich forests, that have ever been here.
Source: Letter to me d.d. 23 Sep 2002.
Hans van Heijningen, 30 Apr 2003