Last modified: 2022-07-30 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[Oldenburg in Holstein flag]](../images/d/de-oh-02-ol.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Aug 2006
![[Göhl municipal flag]](../images/d/de-oh-02-gh.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Dec 2012
It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Dec 2012
Shield Or a heather plant Vert with three branches and 22 blossoms Gules, in base two bars of Vert and Azure parted by a barrulet Argent, all three countersunk in centre.
Meaning:
The village was first mentioned in 1317 as "Gola" (a Slavic word meaning "heather"). Thus the plant is a canting element. It belonged since the 15th century to Schwebek mansion near Putlos. In 1910 the village became a municipality, then still named "Goel" and renamed "Göhl" in 1937. The "valley", i.e. the countersunk part in centre, is symbolising the green land and the Oldenburg Moat at the southern border of the municipality.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 17 June 2010. The artist is Henning Höppner from Plön.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Dec 2012
![[Gremersdorf municipal flag]](../images/d/de-oh-02-gd.gif)
3:5image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Aug 2006
It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Dec 2012
Shiel abased parted by a barrulet wavy Argent, above Vert a round barn Argent flanked by two grain ears Or, beneath Azure a fish Argent.
Meaning:
The municipality was established in 1928, when the estates of Bollbrügge and Friedrichsthal with their 13 villages had been dissolved. The barn is located in the settlement core of Bollbrügge and is an important cultural monument, unique in Schleswig-Holstein. The green colour and the grain are symbolising agriculture. Fish and blue colour are symbolising the location on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
The flag was approved on 18 July 2005. The coat of arms was approved on 24 January 2005. The artist is Henning Höppner from Plön.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Dec 2012
![[ flag]](../images/d/de-oh-02-gb.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2019
It is a white flag with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2019
Shield Azure, under a nettle leaf Argent in chief two flails Or in saltire, flanked by three 6-point stars Or.
Meaning:
The flails are representing agriculture as main business line and the strive for independence of the local farmers, who had been free before 1639, when they became peasants of a nearby estate. The three stars are representing fishing, shipping and tourism as additonal business lines in the nearby past. Before a bridge connected Fehmarn Island with the mainland, a ferry service had been in Großenbrode, "Brode" means "ferry", connecting the municipality with Burg upon Fehmarn. As the ferry was owned by the sovereign, the Duke of Holstein, the nettle leaf from Holstein was added to the arms.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.152
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2019
The flag has never been approved officially. The arms were approved on 2 February 1989. The artists are H. Bogsfrom Großenbrode and Uwe Nagel from Börmermühle.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2019
![[Heringsdorf municipal flag]](../images/d/de-oh-02-hr.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Dec 2012
It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Dec 2012
Shield enhanced parted per fess wavy, above Azure a herring Argent, beneath Or a finial Gules having the form of a cross.
Meaning:
The fish is a canting element. The blue colour is symbolising the Baltic Sea. The yellow colour is symbolising agriculture. The finial is alluding to the fact that the village belonged to the Monastery of St. John in Lübeck for nearly seven centuries.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 20 January 2009. The artist is Henning Höppner from Plön.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Dec 2012
![[Neukirchen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-oh-02-nk.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 1 Apr 2006
It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Dec 2012
Shield abased parted per fess wavy, above Argent a church Gules between two linden trees Vert, below Azure two grain ears Or.
Meaning:
The church is a representation the parish church of Neukirchen and gave the municipality its name. The church was dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua and was built in 1244/1245. The linden trees are symbolising a ring of these trees surrounding the church. The ears of grain are symbolising agriculture. The blue colour is symbolising the location on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
The flag was approved on 24 November 2000. The coat of arms was approved on 12 October 2000. The artist is Hella Beckmann from Neukirchen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Dec 2012
![[Wangels municipal flag off centred]](../images/d/de-oh-02-wa.gif) 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2022
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![[Wangels municipal flag centred]](../images/d/de-oh-02-wa2.gif) 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2022
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The flag is quarterly divided into white and red, either off-centred (see left image above) or centred (see right image above)The coat of arms is placed upon the intersection point of the quarters. According to the Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online the flag is divided off-centred, but a photo of the baywatch (see this website) reveals that is is in use centred
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Dec 2012
Shield quartered, 1st quarter Gules a nettle leaf Argent, 2nd quarter Argent three bars wavy Azure, 3rd quarter Argent an attire Vert of a fallow deer´s head, 4th quarter Gules a grain ear Or in bend sinister.
Meaning:
The bars wavy are symbolising the Baltic Sea and the numerous local creeks. The attire is symbolising forest riches and the existence of fallow deer therein. The ear of grain is symbolising agriculture as a main business line. The division into quarters is symbolising the numerous villages and estates, which formed the municipality. There were two phases of settlement in the 20th century: between 1928 and 1939 and between 1950 and 1952. 24 settlement cores had to be united. The biggest of them are Döhnsdorf, Grammdorf, Hansühn, Hohenstein, Kükelühn, Meischenstorf, Neutestorf, Wangels and Wasbuck. Also part of Wangels are the estates of Karlshof, Testorf, Meischenstorf, Ehlerstorf, Weißenhaus, Friederikenhof, Farve, Charlottenhof and the spa of Weißenhäuser Strand on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Furthermore numerous hamlets and farms are belonging to the municipality of Wangels, which is one of the most spacious in Schleswig-Holstein. The nettle leaf shows that Wangels is part of Holstein.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.354
![[Weißenhäuser Strand Spa Banner]](../images/d/de-oh-02-was$.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2022
It is a blue banner. Shifted to the top is a radiant yellow sun with 12 rays shaped like waves and another wave in centre of the sun. The colours blue and yellow are referring to sea and sun and sandy beaches. The Spa and resort was built between 1971 and 1973. The management changed frequently and the resort slided alongside of bankruptcy for years, but it always grew and expanded and acquired new attractions. Today it is considered to be a settlement core of the municipality. Name giver had been the nearby Weißenhaus Manor.
Source: I spotted this banner in front of the spa administration in August 1974. This banner probably is the very first one being hoisted in the municipality, before there had been any municipal flag.
The municipal flag was approved on 6 February 1980. The coat of arms was approved on 19 December 1978. The artist is Hans Frieder Kühne from Barsbüttel.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Dec 2012 / 27 July 2022
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