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Samtgemeinde Harsefeld, Stade county, Lower Saxony

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Samtgemeinde Harsefeld

Samtgemeinde* Harsefeld (Stade county; Lower Saxony).
Samtgemeinde Harsefeld consists of the municipalities Ahlerstedt, Bargstedt municipality, Brest municipality, Flecken Harsefeld.
Description of  flag: The ratio is estimated 3:5. It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour with the coat of arms in its centre.
Description of coat of arms: In a silver field is a knight in black armour with dark blue plumes upon his helmet. The knight is riding a black horse bridled golden. The chief is blue with three golden roses. The base is also blue with two golden roses.
Source: Hauptsatzung der Samtgemeinde Harsefeld, dated 5 July 2007, published in „Amtsblatt für den Landkreis Stade Nr.31“, p.163 on 2 August 2007.
Meaning: The arms are double canting (Harsefeld = horse = Ross; and roses = Ross).
For further information click: www.harsefeld.de
Source: I spotted this flag on 3 October 2007 in an allotment garden in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg.
*A "Samtgemeinde", also called "collective municipality" is a combination of several municipalities to an administrative community in Lower Saxony.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 May 2009

Arms

[SG Harsefeld CoA] image from the SG-site.

Flecken Harsefeld

[Flecken Harsefeld flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 May 2009

Flecken Harsefeld, Samtgemeinde Harsefeld (Stade county; Lower Saxony)
Flecken Harsefeld includes the wards of Griemshorst, Hollenbeck, Issendorf, Ruschwedel, Weißenfelde, as well as the central ward Harsefeld, the administrative centre of the Samtgemeinde.
Inhabitants: 12.262 (30.06.2008); area: 52,37 km2.
According to Hauptsatzung of Flecken Harsefeld, dated 22 April 1997, published in „Amtsblatt für den Landkreis Stade Nr.25”, p.225 on 3 July 1997 the municipality, not the Samtgemeinde, uses a plain blue over white bicolour.
*A "Samtgemeinde", also called "collective municipality" is a combination of several municipalities to an administrative community in Lower Saxony.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 May 2009

Flecken Harsefeld Arms

[Flecken Harsefeld CoA] image from the SG-site.