Altenholz (Germany)

Gemeinde Altenholz, Rendsburg-Eckernförde County, Schleswig-Holstein

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3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 14 May 2006
adopted 11 Aug 1980; design: Richard Brandt and Lothar Leissner

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Altenholz municipality

Altenholz municipality, Source: Kommunale Wappenrolle Schleswig-Holstein.
Arms and flag adopted: 11 August 1980
Designed by: Richard Brandt and Lothar Leissner

Arms: "In Gold eine bewurzelte grüne Eiche, der Stamm überdeckt mit einem silbernen Schild, darin ein aufspringender schwarzer Wolf."
Or a oak tree eradicated vert, the trunk surmounted by an inescutcheon argent, bearing a wolf sautant sable.

The oak refers to the Dänischen Wohld, the at one time densely wooded area between the Eider and the Eckernförde Bay, but also to the old Oak Forest that gave the municipality its name ("Alte Holz" = "Old Wood", the remnants of which can still be found in the municipality. The wolf sautant was taken from the arms of the Knoop family, to represent the four manors that were incorporated into the municipality.

Flag: "Inmitten eines gelben, oben und unten von einem schmalen grünen Randstreifen begrenzten Flaggentuches das Gemeindewappen ohne Schild, etwas zur Stange hin verschoben."
On a yellow field bounded at the top and bottom by narrow green stripes, the municipal arms without shield, shifted slightly towards the hoist.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 30 Oct 2008