Last modified: 2017-03-03 by klaus-michael schneider
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Oldendorf-Himmelpforten was created, when the former comprehensive municipalities of Himmelpforten and Oldendorf merged in on 1 January 2014. The set of the new entity is Himmelpforten.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Feb 2017
Description of flag:
It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred coat of arms.
Source: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of SG Oldendorf-Himmelpforten, updated version 19 January 2015
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Feb 2017
Description of banner:
It is a blue yellow vertical bicolour with centred coat of arms.
Source: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of SG Oldendorf-Himmelpforten, updated version 19 January 2015
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Feb 2017
A "Samtgemeinde", (English: "comprehensive municipality") is a combination of several municipalities, cities and market towna to an administrative unit in Lower Saxony.
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided by a fess wavy Argent. Above in a blue field is a golden (= yellow) vault having five arches. Beneath the golden(= yellow) field is divided by a facetted throughout black cross.
Meaning:
Vault and fess wavy are taken from the arms of former SG Himmelpforten, the cross from those of former SG Oldendorf.
§2(1) of Hauptsatzung of SG Oldendorf-Himmelpforten, version 6 July 2012 and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Feb 2017
Description of flag:
The ratio of flag is 3:5. It is a white over red horizontal bicolour with the coat of arms in its centre.
Source: Werner Heinbockel e.a."950 Jahre Düdenbüttel", Stade 2009, frontpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2009
Description of banner:
The ratio of flag is 23:14. It is a white and red vertical bicolour with the coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: Werner Heinbockel e.a."950 Jahre Düdenbüttel", Stade 2009, frontpage
Source: photo located by Col. Em. Dr. Rudolf Kinzinger
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2009
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per fess. In a blue field is a silver(=white) rider on a silver(=white) horse. The base is silver (=white) with three red flames (= piles wavy).
Meaning:
In the year 1764 the village suffered under a heavy firestorm, which left only five houses. A legend tells, that a rider on a white horse came from the direction of Stade. He stopped, looked at the fire, surrounded it once and cried with a mighty voice: "Not further than here!". He turned his horse and rode back without looking at the fire again. Then the fire indeed didn't extend any further. For this reason a special service was held in the local church until 1901.
Source: description by Col. Em. Dr. Rudolf Kinzinger
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2009
Description of banner:
The banner is light blue, flanked by two white stripes with centred coat of arms. The flag is a bit unusual. Normally German local flags repeat the colours of the arms. In this case the flag is based on the historical "colours" of the municipality, which are silver, light blue and green.
Source: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of Hammah municipality, version 21 November 2011
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2017
Description of coat of arms:
The silver (=white) shield displays the front of a typical local red farmhouse with silver (= white) half-timber and a thatched roof Proper. The green base is charged with a silver (= white) dolmen or, as it is called in Germany a giant's grave.
Meaning:
The farmhouse nowadays is the municipal hall.
Sources: §2(1) of Hauptsatzung of of Hammah municipality, version 21 November 2011 and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2017
Description of flag:
It is a green over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred coat of arms.
Sources: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of Heinbockel municipality, version 14 December 2011 and Lower German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2017
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per fess. Above on a golden (= yellow) field is a dolmen Proper (= brown). Beneath on a green field is a golden (= yellow) urn.
Meaning:
Both charges are referring to archaeological excavations in the region.
Sources: §2(1) of Hauptsatzung of Heinbockel municipality, version 14 December 2011 and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2017
Description of banner:
The ratio is estimated 15:8. It is a blue and yellow vertical bicolour with the coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: I spotted this banner on 6 May 2009 in the municipal hall of Himmelpforten.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 May 2009
Description of coat of arms:
In a blue shield with a very thin silver bordure is a golden Gothic vault. In the vault there is standing an abbess, dressed in a silver robe and holding a golden crozier.
Meaning:
The coat of arms reminds of a monastery, which had been established at this place by nuns of Cistercians (Sacer Ordo Cisterciensis(SOC)) about 750 years ago. They called it porta coeli (=heaven’s gate or German: Himmelspforte).
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Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 May 2009
Description of banner:
It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour with red bannerhead. In the bannerhead are the charges of the local coat of arms.
Source: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of Kranenburg municipality, version 24 November 2016
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2017
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is red, displaying a golden (= yellow) castle masoned black. Its embattled tower is supported by two silver (= white), vigilant cranes.
Meaning:
The arms are canting, displaying a castle (German: Burg) and cranes (German: Kranich).
Source: §2(1) of Hauptsatzung of Kranenburg municipality, version 24 November 2016
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2017
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