Last modified: 2019-12-18 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[Viöl subcounty flag]](../images/d/de-nf-08.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2019
Viöl Subcounty is a rural area located in the east of the former Husum county having 13 muncipalities.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2012
It is an armourial flag.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2019
Shield Argent; a pale wavy Azure, narrowing to chief and flanked by two impending Greek crosses Gules; over all a throughout wooden bridge Gules, consisting of 13 planks.
Meaning:
The crosses are symbolising the parishes of Schwesing and Viöl, which form the subcounty. The parishes are separated by the Arlau, a local creek, symbolised by the pale wavy. The bridge is symbolising the 13 municipalities, forming the subcounty.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2019
The following municipalities have no proper flag: Ahrenviöl, Ahrenviölfeld, Behrendorf, Bondelum, Immenstedt, Norstedt, Oster-Ohrstedt, Schwesing and Wester-Ohrstedt
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Jan 2019
![[Haselund municipal flag]](../images/d/de-nf-08-hs.gif)
3:5 
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2019
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2019
Shield parted by a bend in counterchanged colours, above Vert a bull's head caboshed Or and a coffeepot of the same ordered per bend, beneath Or a peat cutter's spade Vert in bend.
Meaning:
The bend is representing the German federal road B200. Its predecessors had been an important trade route for ages. The spade is representing peat cutting in the Marshes of Kollund. Peat was used for fuel by the local people and had been traded. The bull's head is representing cattle breeding. The coffeepot is symbolising the distribution of commons among the local farmers. The distributing committee is said to have carried a coffeepot, which is nowadays displayed in the local museum, during its meetings. The pot is also symbolising the hospitality of the local people. Green and gold are the traditional colours of agriculture and are stressing the rural character.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2019
Flag and arms were approved on 12 November 2014.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2019
![[Löwenstedt municipal flag]](../images/d/de-nf-08-ls.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2019
At hoist is the coat of arms without shield, the last third at fly has seven stripes alternating of blue and yellow. The blue stripes are slightly broader.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2019
Shield Or with chief invected Azure, parted by a bendlet sinister wavy Azure, in sinister chief interrupted by two embowed lines of the same, in dexter chief a two connected heather twigs Vert in bend sinister blossomed Gules, in sinister base a wheel barrow Gules loaded by peat.
Meaning:
The municipality's name has nothing to do with a lion (German: Löwe). It is derived from the Danish name, which means "village in the heather" and is symbolised by the twig. The wheelbarrow is alluding to peat cutting as important business line in the past in Ostenau. The interrupted bendlet is symbolising the Ostenau creek and the Ostenau Bridge, connecting Ostenau with Löwenstedt proper. The stripes in fly are representing seven neighbouring villages (not mentioned which ones). The yellow stripes however are representing Norstedt, Haselund and Sollwitt, being in a four-villages-partnership with Löwenstedt.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2019
Flag and arms were approved on 10 July 2017.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2019
![[Sollwitt municipal flag]](../images/d/de-nf-08-so.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2012
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2012
The shield is divided by a blue bend sinister wavy, which is superimposed by a golden (= yellow) sinister bend wavy. Above in a silver (= white) field is a green linden tree. Below in a golden (= yellow) field is a black axe of stone without handle.
Meaning:
The nowadays municipality has two settlement cores, Sollwitt proper and Pobüll. The tree is symbolising the Pobüll Forest. The axe, perhaps from 3000 BC, is symbolising Sollwitt. The axe had been found by a local woman in the 70ies of the 20th century. The blue wavy lines are symbolising the drainage of the swamps of Pobüll. The yellow colour in between the blue lines is symbolising, that the swamp belongs to Sollwitt proper.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2012
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 26 May 2010. The artist is Ralf-Jens Schütt from Sollwitt.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2012
![[Viöl municipal flag]](../images/d/de-nf-08-vi.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2019
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2019
Shield parted by a bend sinister wavy Azure, above Argent a cross patty Gules, beneath Or six 6-point stars Gules, ordered in two bends sinister 4:2.
Meaning:
The bend wavy is symbolising the Arlau, a creek crossing the municipality. The cross patty is part of the tympanum of the local parish church, built around 110 and being a result of Byzantine Christianing in Northern Frisia. The stars are representing the villages of the municipality Boxlund, Eckstock, Hochviöl, Hoxtrup, Kragelund and Viöl proper. The colours are those of the arms of the subcounty. They are symbolising the connectivity between subcounty and municipality.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2019
Flag and arms were approved on 11 March 2015.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2019
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