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image by Virginijus Misiunas, 9 December 2009
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Batakiai (Taurage District) - on a silver field with a red
rayonny terrace a rising silver armed black bear with red tongue
holding a red club. Flag proportions 10:11, finial is a silver
knob with a ring. The bear means Samogitia, the club means
the desperate fight against the Teutonic Order, and flames
mean the suffering for freedom. In the late 13th century the
important Aukakaimis castle was located there, and the Teutonic
Order attacked it many times till 1305, when the castle
was finally burnt and the whole land was deserted.
Virginijus Misiunas, 9 December 2009