Last modified: 2020-02-06 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: horst-herzhorn | borsfleth | horst | hohenfelde | kiebitzreihe | sommerland | kollmar | krempdorf | church | reed mace | tree | hill | inescutcheon | nettle leaf | swan | sun | anchor |
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The following municipalities don't have proper flags: [source given in brackets]
Altenmoor [Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online]
Blomesche Wildnis [German WIKIPEDIA]
Engelbrechtsche Wildnis [German WIKIPEDIA]
Herzhorn [German WIKIPEDIA]
Neuendorf bei Elmshorn [German WIKIPEDIA]
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2020
![[Borsfleth flag]](../images/d/de-iz-02-bo.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2020
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2020
In a red field is a yellow statant swan, armed silver (= white) and rising his wings.
Meaning:
Borsfleth is one of seven villages of the Krempe Marsh, which had been parts of Krempe Marsh Community (Kremper Marsch Kommüne), a self administered corporation with common tasks, especially permanent reclamation and protection of the dyked lands. The community existed until 1892. All her villages have the same coat of arms, but the colours of field, swan and armour differ for each special village.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
The flag was never approved officially. The coat of arms was approved on 22 November 2000.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2012
![[Hohenfelde flag]](../images/d/de-iz-02-hf.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 12 Jun 2006
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2012
The shield is divided per chevron touching the top edge. Above are four silver (= white) reed maces ordered fessy and 2:2. Below in a silver (= white) field is a red church.
Meaning:
The municipality was first mentioned in 1270 as "Hale". The reed maces are symbolizing the former swamps in the area. Hohenfelde had a church for a long time symbolized by the church image, which is taken from an old church seal.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
The flag was adopted on 30 October 2001. The coat of arms was approved on 22 November 2000.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2012
![[Horst (Holstein) flag]](../images/d/de-iz-02-hh.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Jun 2006
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2012
In a green shield is a silver (= white) hill, each of the three peaks is crowned by a tree of the same colour. On the base the hill is superimposed by a red inescutcheon bearing a silver (= white) nettle leaf.
Meaning:
Horst is an arboreous height. Thus the image is canting. The shield of Holstein is added as a distinguishing mark, because there exists more than one municipality of the same name.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.189
The flag was approved on 22 March 2002. The coat of arms was approved on 18 July 1984. The artist is Horst Herrndorff from Hamburg.
Horst is the seat of the subcounty.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2012
![[Kiebitzreihe flag)]](../images/d/de-iz-02-ki.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2020
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2012
In a blue field is a golden (= yellow) swan armed red and rising his wings.
Meaning:
Kiebitzreihe is one of seven villages of the Krempe Marsh, which had been parts of Krempe Marsh Community (Kremper Marsch Kommüne), a self administered corporation with common tasks, especially permanent reclamation and protection of the dyked lands. The community existed until 1892. All her villages have the same coat of arms, but the colours of field, swan and armour differ for each special village.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.204
The flag was adopted on 2 March 2003. The coat of arms was approved on 9 April 1949. The artist is Paul Holtorf from Itzehoe.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2012
![[Kollmar flag)]](../images/d/de-iz-02-kl.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2012
It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2012
Parted per fess of Vert over Azure by a flattened hill Or, above two grain ears Or connected by a ribbon of the same, beneath a foul anchor Argent with an S-shaped rope Or.
Meaning:
Kollmar is a marsh village on the banks of River Elbe. The green field is symbolising the marshes and the blue one the river, the yellow field is representing the bank and its elevation and the dunes alongside the river during the glacial period. Today just the Bielenberg, a hill remained. Kollmar was first mentioned in 1300. As seat of a parish it became a part of the estates of Knight Hans of Ahlefeld in 1494. The estate was distributed into Groß Collmar and Klein Collmar by his heirs. The ears are symbolising the two new estates. The ribbon is symbolising the common kinship of both. The ears are also symbolising agriculture. Another meaning of ears and ribbon is the transformation of both estates into the municipalities of Groß Kollmar and Klein Kollmar in 1867 and their unification in 1974. The anchor is symbolising trade and shipping in the local harbour.
Source: DGF-Info no.86, p.3
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2012
![[Krempdorf flag)]](../images/d/de-iz-02-kd.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2020
It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2020
In a golden (= yellow) field is a blue statant swan, armed red and rising his wings.
Meaning:
Kiebitzreihe is one of seven villages of the Krempe Marsh, which had been parts of Krempe Marsh Community (Kremper Marsch Kommüne), a self administered corporation with common tasks, especially permanent reclamation and protection of the dyked lands. The community existed until 1892. All her villages have the same coat of arms, but the colours of field, swan and armour differ for each special village.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
The flag was never approved officially. The coat of arms was approved on 9 April 1949.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2020
![[Sommerland flag)]](../images/d/de-iz-02-so.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 12 Jun 2006
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag. But the sun from the arms has just five rays.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2012
The shield is divided by black over silver (= white) bend sinister wavy. Below is a plain green field. Above in blue field is a golden (= yellow) sun issuant with nine rays.
Meaning:
The green colour is symbolizing the marshes, which existed only in the summer, until they had been permanently reclaimed by Dutch settlers. These marshes had been called "summer land", later it became the name of the village. The bend sinister is symbolizing the "black waters" coming down from the moraines and the "white waters" belonging to the marshes. The sun is a canting element symbolizing the summer.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 5 February 2002. The artist is Erwin Kuhnke from Sommerland.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Nov 2012
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