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Salzhausen (Germany)

Gemeinde Salzhausen, Samtgemeinde Salzhausen, Harburg county, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2008-10-25 by jarig bakker
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[Salzhausen flag] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Oct 2008

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Salzhausen municipality

Municipality of Salzhausen (Samtgemeinde Salzhausen, Harburg county, Lower Saxony).
Description of flag: It is a horizontal red over yellow over red tricolor with the coat of arms in its centre.
Description of coat of arms: In a golden (=yellow) field is a red tower with a blue roof and an inescutcheon at the base. The inescutcheon shows in a golden (=yellow) field a blue rampant lion surrounded by eight red hearts.
Meaning: The tower is that one of the local church of St.John, erected in 1643. The inescutcheon shows the coat of arms of the Welfen kin. The flag was granted in 1929, accompanied by the words: “Welfen’s loyalty surrounded by the love of their Lower Saxonians”, for yellow was the colour of the Welfen kin and red the colour of the Lower Saxonians. Information provided by Dr. Reineke, retired honorary archivist of the municipality.
In 1972 the smaller villages of Luhmühlen, Putensen and Oelstorf merged with Salzhausen and Salzhausen became part of the comprehensive municipalty of the same name.
Source: I spotted this flag in front of a pharmacy in Salzhausen on 25 October 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Oct 2008