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Fockbek Subcounty (Germany)

Amt Fockbek, Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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Municipality of Alt Duvenstedt

Alt Duvenstedt Municipal Flag

[Alt Duvenstedt municipal flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 23 May 2006
approved 16 January 1990

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. On a white field are the municipal arms in flag colours in the centre of the flag.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 28 Oct 2008

Alt Duvenstedt Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms: Vert (i.e.green) a Barrulet wavy abased Argent (i.e. white), between a Millwheel Or (i.e. yellow) and three demi-Bulrushes of the same colour.

The bulrushes symbolize the Duvenstedter Moor and nature worth protecting, the millwheel the water mill the village had at one point, and the agricultural structure. The barrulet symbolizes the mill brook (Mühlenbach), and connects nature and village.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.72
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 28 Oct 2008

The flag was approved on 16 January 1990. The coat of arms was approved on 27 June 1988. The artist is Hans Frieder Kühne from Barsbüttel.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Jan 2013


Municipality of Fockbek

Fockbek Municipal Flag

[Fockbek municipal flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 May 2006
approved 3 February 1987

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a 7-stripes flag divided by alternating blue and white stripes. The white stripes are slightly broader. In the centre of the flag is the local coat of arms with a broad white fimbriation.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Jan 2013

Fockbek Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The red shield is divided by a silver (= white) bend wavy. The bend is superimposed by a blue herring followed by a blue eel.
Meaning:
The colours are those of Schleswig-Holstein. The fish are alluding to an old legend: The inhabitants had drowned(!) an eel in a local lake as a punishment, as the eel was accused of having eaten all the herrings, which had been located there for breeding purposes.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.139

The flag was approved on 3 February 1987. The coat of arms was approved on 28 June 1976. The artists are Herbert Kaulbarsch and Wilhelm Horst Lippert.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Jan 2013


Municipality of Nübbel

Nübbel Municipal Flag

[Nübbel municipal flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 18 May 2006
approved 16 December 1985

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Jan 2013

Nübbel Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The green shield is divided by a very broad silver (= white) fess wavy, filling nearly half the shield. The fess is superimposed by a black sailing ship with two masts.
Meaning:
Nübbel is one of the oldest villages on the southern river bend of the Eider. Loctaed on the Eider Canal, seven dockyards settled down here. Shipbuilding bloomed between 1840 and 1880 and declined after the completion of the Kiel Canal and the beginning of the era of iron ships. The sailing ship is reminding on the glorious times in the 19th century.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.258

The flag was approved on 16 December 1985. The coat of arms was approved on 14 May 1984. The artist is lse Kaulbarsch from Bargteheide.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Jan 2013


Municipality of Rickert

Rickert Municipal Flag

[Rickert municipal flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 May 2006
approved 10 March 1986

Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is nearly an armorial flag. The figures are slightly shifted to the hoist.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Jan 2013

Rickert Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In the golden (= yellow) shield is a green, rooted double oak tree. On the green chief is a wheel with eight spokes on the dexter side and a harrow on the sinister side. Both figures are golden (= yellow).
Meaning:
The colours are symbolizing the landscape consisting of meadows, fields, swamps and groves. The wheel is symbolizing the agility of the inhabitants. The harrow is symbolizing agriculture. The oak is a symbol of the undissolvable union of Schleswig and Holstein, the community of the inhabitants. On the other hand the tree is alluding to the vast woods of the municipality.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.291

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 10 March 1986. The artist is Hans Frieder Kühne from Barsbüttel.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Jan 2013


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