![[Aurich city flag]](../images/d/de-ah-ah.gif)
Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 2004
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Description of flag:
It is a red over yellow horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database, a copy of a letter of the city administration to Hans van Heijningen
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Jan 2014
![[Aurich city banner]](../images/d/de-ah-ah_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2009
Description of banner:
The banner is divided vertically into red and yellow with the city’s coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: I spotted this flag on the market of Aurich on 29 April 2009.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2009
![[Aurich feather flag]](../images/d/de-ah-ah_2.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2009
Description of flag:
The flag is divided vertically into red and yellow with the city’s coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: I spotted this flag on the market of Aurich on 29 April 2009.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2009
![[Aurich plain flag 1891]](../images/d/de-ah-ah891.gif)
1:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Nov 2011
Description of flag:
The ratio is given as 1:2.The ratio is given as 1:2. It was a red over yellow horizontal bicolour. The information is confirmed by Stadler 1970, p.17.
Source: H.Ahrens "Hannoversche Landschafts-und Städtewappen", 1891, plate XX
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2009
![[Aurich city CoA]](../images/d/de-ah-ah).gif)
image from the city's website loated by Jarig Bakker
Description of coat of arms:
It is a silver shield. Upon the base is a green hill with two trees in natural colour, which here means mainly green with black. Between the trees is a red shield containing a silver
Gothic initial "A" topped by a coronet.
Meaning:
It is an image of the so called "Upstalsboom", which is a tree located at the place, where a "thing" is held. The shield was used to mark the place as a "thing" (pronounced: ting) and the trees in this case obviously had been used to fix the shield. At this place the Eastern Frisian chieftains met for discussion and decision about local affairs. In the end the place was used as a mixture between parliament and court of justice.
Note: According to Aurich’s Hauptsatzung and to Stefan Schwoon's database the letter “A” should be golden, not silver. An evidence can e.g. be
found at this website.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.17
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2009
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