The article by Erich Dieter Linder, Die Flaggen deutscher Landkreise
(Flags of German counties), in Der Flaggenkurier
no. 2, 1996, pp. 4-10, shows a hanging flag, format
2:1. A horizontal flag version also exists (according to Falko Schmidt).
The colors are taken from the arms, the cross from the territory of Pyrmont.
Pyrmont belonged to the principality [since 1918 republic] of Waldeck
until it was transferred to the province of Hanover
in 1922 by popular vote. Flag adopted 30 Nov 1959, according to Dirk
Schönberger's Administrative
Divisions of the World website.
Stefan Schwoon, 2 Feb 2001
From Ralf Hartemink's International
Civic Arms website: The arms were granted on October 30, 1929. The
arms show the lion of the Counts of Everstein, who until 1429 ruled most
of the county (...). The cross is taken from the arms of the Counts of
Schwalenberg, who ruled over Pyrmont until 1494. Later the area was ruled
by the Princes of Waldeck.
Literature: Stadler 1964-1971.
Santiago Dotor, 24 Oct 2001
![[Hameln-Pyrmont County (Lower Saxony, Germany)]](../images/d/de-ni-hm.gif)
3:5 
image by Stefan Schwoon, 2 Feb 2001
![[Hameln-Pyrmont County (Lower Saxony, Germany)]](../images/d/de-ni0hm.gif)
2:1 