Vechelde Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Vechelde, Landkreis Peine, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: vechelde | gross gleidingen | rose(red) | bend | flax(blossom) | horn | pall |
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• Introduction of Vechelde Municipality
• Current Flag
• Banner
• Coat of Arms
• Groß Gleidingen Village
• Groß Gleidingen Flag
• Groß Gleidingen Banner
• Groß Gleidingen Coat of Arms

• County and Municipal Flags (Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen)
• Peine County
• Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
• Germany

Introduction of Vechelde Municipality

inhabitants: 16,230
coat of arms approved on 31 October 1975 according to Rabbow
flags approved on 31 October 1975 according to Rabbow, 18 August 1975
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 20 Aug 2007

Current Flag

Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 20 Aug 2007

Banner

Description of banner:
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 20 Aug 2007

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Azure, a bend Or, charged with three roses Gules seeded Or.
Meaning:
The arms are a modification of the family arms of the Von-Vechelde kin. Their arms displayed in a silver shield three golden roses on a black bend. The colours blue and yellow are those of former Braunschweig County.
The arms were approved on 12 January 1966 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Braunschweig. It was decided to keep the arms after the mergers with minor villages on 1 January 1974, which was confirmed on 31 October 1975
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 July 2017

Groß Gleidingen Village

iincorporated on 1 March 1974
coat of arms approved: 10 January 1972
flags approved: 10 January 1972
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Jörg Majewski, 21 Aug 2007

Groß Gleidingen Flag

3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Aug 2007

Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2007

Groß Gleidingen Banner

Description of banner:
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Arnold Rabbow: "Neues Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003; Federal Archives of Hannover
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2007

Groß Gleidingen Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield parted by a pall Argent, above plain Azure, at dexter Or a flax blossom Azure seeded Or, at sinister Gules, a horn Argent.
Meaning:
The pall is symbolizing the fork of the railway lines from Braunschweig to Hildesheim and Hannover. The blossom is reminding on the cultivation of flax mainly in the 17th and 18th century. The horn is representing the Von-Horneburg patrician family from Braunschweig, being local vassals of the Bishops of Hildesheim. It is also symbolizing the local cattle drovers. The colours blue and yellow had been those of former Braunschweig County, the colours red ans yellow those of the Bishopric of Hildeshaim.
The arms were approved on 10 January 1972 by administration president of Braunschweig. The arms were designed by Wilhelm Krieg.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 July 2017

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