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Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. The hoist side displays the coat of arms without shield. The flyend is horizontally divided into nine alternating black and yellow stripes.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Feb 2013
Description of coat of arms:
In the golden shield is a black wheel with six spokes. The chief is divided by a green, horizontal crancelin, called rues' wreath (German: Rautenkranz)
Meaning:
The crancelin and the colours gold (= yellow) and black are taken form the arms of the Dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg from the Askanian kin, rulers until 1689. The wheel is representing rural life in the past, trading and traffic alongside the street from Hamburg to L�back, the nowadays federal road B207 and the changes of life in modern times. The diadem originally had been a wreath of intertwined rues (German: Raute; Latin: Ruta).
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.362
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 19 February 1974. The artist is Hans Erwin Krause from Wentorf bei Hamburg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Feb 2013
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