Municipality of Salzhausen (Samtgemeinde Salzhausen, Harburg county, Lower
Saxony).
Description of flag: It is a horizontal red over yellow over red tricolor
with the coat of arms in its centre.
Description of coat of arms: In a golden (=yellow) field is a red tower
with a blue roof and an inescutcheon at the base. The inescutcheon shows
in a golden (=yellow) field a blue rampant lion surrounded by eight red
hearts.
Meaning: The tower is that one of the local church of St.John, erected
in 1643. The inescutcheon shows the coat of arms of the Welfen kin. The
flag was granted in 1929, accompanied by the words: “Welfen’s loyalty surrounded
by the love of their Lower Saxonians”, for yellow was the colour of the
Welfen kin and red the colour of the Lower Saxonians. Information provided
by Dr. Reineke, retired honorary archivist of the municipality.
In 1972 the smaller villages of Luhmühlen, Putensen and Oelstorf merged
with Salzhausen and Salzhausen became part of the comprehensive municipalty
of the same name.
Source: I spotted this flag in front of a pharmacy in Salzhausen on
25 October 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Oct 2008
![[Salzhausen flag]](../images/d/de-wl-sa.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Oct 2008
