Gielde, municipality
Samtgemeinde* Schladen
county Wolfenbuettel [Wolfenbüttel]
inhabitants 845
coa adopted: 30th June 1960 according to Rabbow.
flags adopted: 30th June 1965 according to the Hannover archives.
Source: Arnold Rabbow, "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch",
Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover.
*A "Samtgemeinde" (SG*), also called "collective municipality"
is a combination of several municipalities to an administrative community in Lower Saxony.
Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2007
Somewhat difficult to believe that the flag was adopted *exactly* five
years after the arms? Special celebration?
Marcus E.V. Schmöger, 5 Oct 2007
Banner
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2007
Flag adopted 30 Jun 1965
CoA
image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2007
adopted 30 Jun 1960