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Lütjenburg city (Germany)

Stadt Lütjenburg, (Plön County, Schleswig-Holstein)

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Lütjenburg city

[Lütjenburg flag] image by Jörg Majewski, 29 Jul 2006
adopted 25 Apr 1952
Description of flag:
The ratio is 5:8. The blue dlag has a white horizontal stripe at the top- and bottom edge. The figures of the coat of arms are shifted to the hoist. The silver waves from the coat of arms are blue instead.
Description of coat of arms:
Above green and silver (=white) waves is a silver (=white) embattled wall masoned black and streched out over the toal width, which is topped by a tower of the same kind. The tower has a window in its centre shaped like a four-clover leaf. The tower is flanked by two golden(=yellow) 6-point stars. It is topped by two red banners containing three golden (=yellow) 6-point stars ordered vertically. Between the flags is a red shield containing a silver (=white) nettle-leaf being the coat of arms of the counts of Schaumburg-Holstein.
Meaning:
According to Stadler 1970; p.104 the coat of arms is based upon a seal mentioned in 1271. Its existence is proved since 1353. It shows the current pattern like another seal dated 1374. It was re-designed in 1948. The stars upon the banners are a misinterpretation of the nettle leaf, the symbol of the counts of Schauenburg (later called Schaumburg)-Holstein which gained the rights of a city to Lütjenburg in 1275.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2011

Lütjenburg blue flag

[Lütjenburg blue flag] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider , 8 Jul 2007

Description of flag:
The ratio of flag is 3:5. It is a plain blue flag with the coat of arms in ist centre. The window of the tower in this version is blue.
Note that the spotted flag doesn't match the description of Kommunale Wappenrolle Schleswig-Holstein; 2006.
Source: I spotted this flag on 2 July 2007 in Lütjenburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Jul 2007

flag reported 1970

[Lütjenburg 1970] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider , 20 May 2011

Flag reported 1970
It is a blue flag containing a white nettle-leaf, the symbol of the counts of Schaumburg-Holstein.
Source: Stadler 1970; p.104
Klaus-Michael Schneider , 20 May 2011

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