Last modified: 2021-03-20 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: lindenberg/eichsfeld | berlingerode | brehme(eichsfeld) | ecklingerode | ferna | teistungen | wehnde | oak(leaf) | wheel | oak(stomp) | tobacco(plant) | angel | german flute | lion(passant/guardant) | keys(crossed) | tower |
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![[Teistungen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ec-05-te_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 8 Apr 2013
The community itself and the municipality of Tastungenhave no proper flags.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2021
![[Berlingerode municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ec-05-bl_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Apr 2016
It is a white-red vertical bicolour with coat of arms shifted to the top.
Sources: Stefan Schwoon's database and §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of Berlingerode
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
The shield is red. A silver, sinister-bendy axe is splitting an oak stomp of the same with one leaf. In dexter chief is a silver, 6-spokes wheel.
Meaning:
The wheel is alluding to the Archbishops of Mainz, the former rulers. All other elements are canting, especially related to the suffix "-rode ", denoting settlements created by forest clearance.
Source: "Wappen und Siegel der Städte und Gemeinden des Landkreises Eichsfeld", edited by Kultur und Sportamt des Landkreises Eichsfeld, Duderstadt 1997, p.27
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
Berlingerode had 1209 inhabitants in 2015 and covers 11.7 km². The municipality was first mentioned in 1266.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
![[Brehme (Eichsfeld) municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ec-05-bm_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Apr 2013
It is a white-blue vertical bicolour with coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
The shield is parted per saltire into red and silver, over all is a blue bar wavy. The chief quarter is charged with a silver 6-spokes wheel, the base quarter with a silver oak leaf.
Meaning:
The bar wavy is alluding to local fountains. The wheel is representing the Archbishops of Mainz, the former rulers. The leaf is alluding to local oak groves and to the Eichsfeld region, meaning "field of oaks".
Source: "Wappen und Siegel der Städte und Gemeinden des Landkreises Eichsfeld", edited by Kultur und Sportamt des Landkreises Eichsfeld, Duderstadt 1997, p.38
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
Brehme had 1119 inhabitants in 2015 and covers 5.3 km². The municipality was first mentioned in 1312.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
![[Ecklingerode municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ec-05-er_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Apr 2013
It is a green-white-green vertical triband, divided 1:4:1 with coat of arms shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
The shield is parted per pale. At dexter in a silver field is a green tobacco plant with one red blossom. At sinister in a green field is a silver pale, issuant from base and carrying an image, displaying a holy scene, at its top.
Meaning:
The plant is reminding on the historical importance of growing and manufacturing tobacco in the past. Pale and image are a local point of interest.
Source: "Wappen und Siegel der Städte und Gemeinden des Landkreises Eichsfeld", edited by Kultur und Sportamt des Landkreises Eichsfeld, Duderstadt 1997, p.48
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
Ecklingerode had 727 inhabitants in 2015 and covers 8.1 km². The municipality was first mentioned in 1221.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
![[Ferna municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ec-05-fe_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Apr 2013
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour with coat of arms shifted to the top.
Sources: Stefan Schwoon's database and §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of Ferna
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
The shield is parted per fess. Above in a blue field is a silver demi-angel issuant, piping a German flute. The golden field beneath is divided by a blue bar wavy.
Meaning:
The angel with German flute appeared already in the local seal from 1953.
Source: §2(1) of Hauptsatzung of Ferna
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
Ferna had 580 inhabitants in 2015 and covers 4.4 km². The municipality was first mentioned in 1062.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
It is a white-blue vertical bicolour with coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
The shield is divided per fess. Above in a blue field is a silver lion passant guardant. The silver field beneath is divided by a black saltire, charged with a pair of golden keys.
Meaning:
The lion is a modification of the arms of the Westernhagen kin. The saltire is an attribute of St. Andrew, the local patron saint, the keys are attributes of St. Peter, patron of nearby monastery of Teistungenburg.
Source: "Wappen und Siegel der Städte und Gemeinden des Landkreises Eichsfeld", edited by Kultur und Sportamt des Landkreises Eichsfeld, Duderstadt 1997, p.113
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
Teistungen had 2497 inhabitants in 2015 and covers 26.2 km². The municipality was first mentioned in 1062.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
![[Wehnde municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ec-05-we_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 8 Apr 2013
It is a green-white-green vertical triband, divided 1:4:1 with coat of arms shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
The shield is blue. Issuant from base is a silver mount charged with two green oak leaves and crowned by a silver tower masoned black.
Meaning:
The leaves are representing a special local oak tree and the Eichsfeld region in general. The tower is representing a local watch tower, called Wehnder Warte.
Source: "Wappen und Siegel der Städte und Gemeinden des Landkreises Eichsfeld", edited by Kultur und Sportamt des Landkreises Eichsfeld, Duderstadt 1997, p.120
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
Wehnde had 394 inhabitants in 2015 and covers 9.7 km². The municipality was first mentioned in 1090.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Oct 2016
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