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Buxtehude city (Germany)

Stadt Buxtehude, Stade county, Lower Saxony

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[Buxtehude city] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 May 2009 See also:

Buxtehude city

City of Buxtehude (Stade county; Lower Saxony)
Description of  flag: The ratio is estimated 3:5. It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour with the coat of arms in its centre.
Description of coat of arms: In a blue shield are two golden crossed keys and a black cross above the keys. The whole is topped by a helmet with blue and yellow scarves and another black cross in the crest, which is placed between two horns quarterly charged blue and golden.
Meaning: The coat of arms is based upon the oldest seal of the city, which was already used in 1304. The keys are symbolizing the founder and sovereign, the archbishop of Bremen, Giselbert von Brunkhorst, whose family also had those keys in their coat of arms. The keys have a second meaning being the keys of St.Peter (Math.16, 18-19). The cross is symbolizing the bishopric of Verden, to which the city belonged due to terms of church administration.
For further information click: www.buxtehude.de
Source: I spotted this flag on 3 October 2007 in an allotment garden in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 May 2009

Arms

[Buxtehude city CoA] image from the SG-site.