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![[Stendal city flag]](../images/d/de-sn-sd.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Jan 2007
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Stendal is the seat of Stendal county, state Saxony-Anhalt.
Jörg Majewski, 27 Jan 2007
It is a red over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Jörg Majewski, 27 Jan 2007
![[Stendal city banner]](../images/d/de-sn-sd_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Jan 2007
It is a red-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Jörg Majewski, 27 Jan 2007
![[Stendal city CoA]](../images/d/de-sn-sd).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Jan 2007
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Argent an eagle Gules armed Or and parted per pale, at sinister Argent four stones lozengy Vert ordered per lozenge 1:2:1.
Meaning:
The oldest seals from 1263 displayed an embattled city wall with open gate, crowned by six towers with the red eagle of Brandenburg in chief. The secret seal of the city council from the 14th century displayed an eagle, holding a lozenge in each claw. The current arms appeared since the 16th century and before in the 15th century on Stendal bracteates; flat, thin, single-sided gold medals or coins; minted by Friedrich I of Hohenzollern. The couped eagle is a modification of the red eagle of Brandenburg. The meaning of the lozenges is unknown, the had been denoted as stones or barley graines and finally as emeralds.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 August 2018
The arms were approved on 10 July 1995 by district governor of Magdeburg, flag and banner, although in use long before, were approved on 8 August 2016 by Stendal County, published in "Amtsblatt für den Landkreis Stendal" on 28 September 2016
Source: information provided by Thomas Rystau
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 August 2018
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