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Gifhorn County (Germany)

Landkreis Gifhorn, Lower Saxony

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image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Dec 2007

Gifhorn County

Gifhorn County Flag
Gifhorn County Coat of Arms

See also:

Gifhorn County cities and municipalities
Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
Germany

Gifhorn County

Gifhorn County Flag

It is a red-yellow-blue horizontal tricolour with centred arms.
Jörg Majewski, 19 Dec 2007

Gifhorn County Coat of Arms

image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Dec 2007

Shield Or semy of heartlets Gules, a lion rampant Azure armed and tongued Gules and holding a horn Argent by his forepaws.
Meaning:
The horn is a canting symbol and has been used by the city of Gifhorn since the 14th century. The lion and the hearts are taken from the arms of the Princess of Lüneburg from the Welfen kin and are used by them since the 13th century, as the area belonged to them for many centuries.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.38
Jarig Bakker, 19 Dec 2007

The flag was approved on 15 March 1989. The arms were approved on 29 August 1929.
Jörg Majewski, 19 Dec 2007

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