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Samtgemeinde Himmelpforten, Stade county, Lower Saxony

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[Samtgemeinde Himmelpforten] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 May 2009 See also:

Samtgemeinde Himmelpforten

Samtgemeinde* Himmelpforten (Stade county; Lower Saxony).
Samtgemeinde Himmelpforten consists of the municipalities Düdenbüttel, Engelschoff, Großenwörden, Hammah, Himmelpforten (seat).
Description of banner: The ratio is estimated 5:2. According to Hauptsatzung, dated 22 August 1996, it is a golden banner with a double blue flank with the coat of arms in the golden field. In fact it is easier. It is a blue-yellow-blue vertical triband with ratio between the stripes 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the yellow field shifted to the top.
Description of coat of arms: The shield is divided per fess. The first field is blue with five connected golden Gothic vaults. The vault in the centre is slightly higher and topped by a black cross. Also topped by black crosses are the outer vaults. The second field is green superimposed by a white fessy, wavy line.
Meaning: The vaults are probably representing the five municipalities being parts of the Samtgemeinde.
For further information click: www.himmelpforten.de
Source: I spotted this banner on 6 May 2009 in the municipal hall of Himmelpforten.
*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 Himmelpforten CoA] image from wikipedia.

Himmelpforten municipality

[Himmelpforten municipal flag] 15:8 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 May 2009

Himmelpforten (Samtgemeinde Himmelpforten; Stade county; Lower Saxony)
Description of banner: The ratio is estimated 15:8. It is a blue and yellow vertical bicolour with the coat of arms shifted to the top.
Description of coat of arms: In a blue shield with a very thin silver bordure is a golden Gothic vault. In the vault there is standing an abbess, dressed in a silver robe and holding a golden crozier.
Meaning: The coat of arms reminds of a monastery, which had been established at this place by nuns of Sacer Ordo Cisterciensis(SOC) about 750 years ago. They called it porta coeli (=heaven’s gate or German: Himmelspforte).
For further information click: www.himmelpforten.de
Source: I spotted this banner on 6 May 2009 in the municipal hall of Himmelpforten.
*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

Himmelpforten municipal Arms

[Himmelpforten municipal CoA] image from the info-site.