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![[Trave-Land subcounty flag]](../images/d/de-se-08.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 12 Jun 2006
![[Pronstorf municipal flag]](../images/d/de-se-08-pr.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 3 Jul 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. The white flag is horizontally divided by two narrow, blue stripes. Between the stripes is the municipal coat of arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
In a blue shield is a golden (= yellow) plant of rape with six blossoms. Above left is a silver (= white) church.
Meaning:
The plant is symbolizing the rural character of the municipality. The blossoms are representing the six villages forming the municipality. The church is the local parish church built in 1198 and dedicated to St. Vicelin. The round tower is left from the first building (12th century).
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
The flag was approved on 24 June 2003. The coat of arms was approved on 9 August 2001. The artist is Hans Frieder Kühne from Barsbüttel.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
![[Schackendorf municipal flag]](../images/d/de-se-08-sk.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Jul 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a green flag. The municipal coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
The silver (= white) shield is divided by a blue, embowed bend sinister. Above right is a green leaf of linden tree. Below left is a black wheel with eight spokes.
Meaning:
The leaf is symbolizing the village square, surrounded by linden trees and the proud of the inhabitants. The wheel is symbolizing the federal road B 404, today an important connection between Kiel and Berlin. The bend is symbolizing the Trave River.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.301
The flag was approved on 26 July 1998. The coat of arms was approved on 3 December 1984. The artist is Friedrich Gilde from Schackendorf.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
![[Schieren municipal flag]](../images/d/de-se-08-sn.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 29 Jun 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
In a red shield is a golden (= yellow), rooted oak tree surrounded by eight silver (= white) horseshoes.
Meaning:
The oak tree is symbolizing the "oak of peace", which had been planted in 1871. The village was first mentioned in 1342. Then eight acres (Hufen) formed the village, symbolized by the horseshoes. The golden colour of the tree is symbolizing the fertile soil.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.305
The flag was approved on 16 December 1995. The coat of arms was approved on 27 May 1986. The artist is Uwe Bangert from Bad Segeberg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
![[Seedorf municipal flag]](../images/d/de-se-08-sd.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Sep 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
A golden (= yellow) three-peaked mountain is nearly completely filling the blue shield. Over a base of blue and silver (= white) waves is a red house flanked by four green leaves ordered paly 2:2.
Meaning:
The base and the mountain are symbolizing the attractive landscape on the shores of the Seedorf Lake. The house is the gate lodge of Seedorf Manor. The leaves are symbolizing the alleyway to Seedorf Manor. The golden colour is symbolizing agriculture, especially the cultivation of grain and rapeseed. The waves are symbolizing three local lakes.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 1 December 2005. The artist is Uwe Nagel from Bergenhusen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
![[Stipsdorf municipal flag]](../images/d/de-se-08-sp.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Jul 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a green flag. The coat of arms is in the centre, superimposing a white stripe on the level of the mountain in the shield.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
In a silver (= white) shield over a base of blue and silver (= white) waves is a green three-peaked mountain topped by a branch of hawthorn with four fruits in natural colours.
Meaning:
The village was first mentioned in 1177 as "Stubbekesthorp". The mountain is symbolizing the Moosberg, the highest elevation on the municipality's area. The waves are symbolizing the Segeberg Lake. The hawthorn is symbolizing the hedges in the municipality.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.329
The flag was approved on 3 March 1995. The coat of arms was approved on 1 September 1993. The artist is Hans Frieder Kühne from Barsbüttel.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
![[Traventhal municipal flag]](../images/d/de-se-08-tt.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 3 Jul 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is an armorial flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
Divided per chevron reversed ployé, the upper vert (= green) charged with a horsehead argent (=white) between two oak leaves or both inclined outward, the lower or (=yellow) divided per pale wavy azure (=blue) tapering upwards, dexter and sinister a narrow pile couche embowed vert (= green), their upper edges invected.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 26 Jan 2013
Meaning:
The oak leaves are symbolizing the medieval woods and the forest clearances. The horse is symbolizing the governmental horse breeding farm, which in 1866 had been transferred by the Prussian government from Plön to Traventhal. The farm was dissolved in 1960. But the Holstein horses are still well known all over the world. Nowadays the environment is used for equestrian sports. The other elements are canting symbolizing the Trave River flowing across the landscape with its hedges.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
The flag was approved on 10 February 2003. The coat of arms was approved on 29 November 2000. The artist is Harry Beiersdorf from Traventhal.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
![[Wakendorf I municipal flag]](../images/d/de-se-08-we.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Jul 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a blue flag. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
The silver (= white) shield is divided by a blue bar wavy, superimposed by a silver (= white) barrulet wavy. Above is a red plough, below is a green leaf of chestnut.
Meaning:
The plough is symbolizing agriculture. The leaf is symbolizing the predominant kind of tree in the village. The waves are symbolizing local wetlands, a humid biotope.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
The flag was approved on 9 March 2001. The coat of arms was approved on 19 March 1999. The artist is Jürgen Colberg from Wakendorf I.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
![[Wensin municipal flag]](../images/d/de-se-08-ws.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Jul 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. It is a green over yellow over green horizontal triband with ratio approx. 1:5:1. The coat of arms is in the yellow stripe and slightly shifted to the hoist.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
All charges are golden (= yellow). The green shield is divided by a bend wavy. Above left is a windmill, below right is a megalithic tomb.
Meaning:
The bend wavy is symbolizing Garbek Creek. The municipality consists of the two villages of Garbek and Wensin proper. Garbek is represented by the image of the local windmill, Wensin by the tomb being an example for the numerous tumuli in Wensin. The green colour is symbolizing agriculture as the common economic base of both parts.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.360
The flag was approved on 19 July 1990. The coat of arms was approved on 19 February 1990. The artist is Hans Frieder Kühne from Barsbüttel.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2013
![[Westerrade municipal flag]](../images/d/de-se-08-wr.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 24 Jun 2006
Description of flag:
The ratio is 3:5. The hoist side displays the arms without shield. The flyend is horizontally divided into eleven alternating yellow and green stripes.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Jan 2013
Description of coat of arms:
The green shield is divided by a golden (= yellow) fess wavy. Above in the bigger field is a silver (= white) heron, armed golden and holding a golden fish in his beak. Below is a silver (= white) stomp having an offspring.
Meaning:
Great parts of the natural environment have been kept around Westerrade. The attractive landscape is symbolized by the colours yellow and green. Creeks and little lakes created an excellent breeding ground for herons. The stomps is a canting element, representing the meaning of Westerrade, i.e. western forest clearance. The fess wavy is symbolizing the Struckau, a local creek, which separates the villages of Westerrade proper and Osterrade.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.366
The flag was approved on 27 August 1985. The coat of arms was approved on 11 September 1984. The artist is Hans Frieder Kühne from Barsbüttel.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Jan 2013
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