Flensburg coat of arms

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Independent city of Flensburg
State of Schleswig-Holstein
DEU Flensburg COA.svg
Blazon
“In the golden shield, two blue lions striding to the right on top of each other, half covered by a red tower with a blue pointed roof standing on sloping water; in the middle of the shield head the red shield with the silver nettle. "

 Blue and yellow also serve as Flensburg city colors, which roughly correspond to the colors of Schleswig in their color characteristics

Basic data
Introduction: 14th Century
Legal basis: 1901: approval
Supporting documents: May 1, 1901
coat of arms approval
Changes: 1937 (coat of arms correction)

The Flensburg coat of arms is a centuries-old city ​​coat of arms or symbol of the city of Flensburg . The badge, which has been used since the 14th century, consists of a red castle tower with water flowing past it, the Schleswig Lion for the Duchy of Schleswig and the nettle leaf added later for the Duchy of Holstein . The coat of arms is also the defining element of Flensburg's city flag today .

Origin of the coat of arms

It is assumed that the tower is a tower castle (or moth ), which may even give the city its name. A first Flensburg castle is said to have stood near the Dammhof area. Today's city history assumes that the hexagonal or octagonal tower of the city coat of arms stood at the point where the Flake tower stood at the time of the Flensburg city fortifications , i.e. directly at the Flensburg harbor , at the end of the Neue Straße , where the Glimbek river from Coming down into the fjord. The city ​​bailiff , the representative of the Danish king, could have lived in said tower, which is said to have had a diameter of 10 meters (see Flensburg city fortifications # Burganlagen ).

The Flensburg coat of arms can be seen for the first time on the Flensburg city ​​seal from 1386. The Flensburg coat of arms is therefore of older origin than the Lübeck coat of arms . The window - and gateless tower depicted on the seal may have a tinning in the lower area that differs somewhat from its current shape. Otherwise it largely corresponds to today's coat of arms. The inscription of the seal reads "SECRET [UM] CIVITATIS FLE [N] SBURG [E] NS [IS]".

The nettle leaf was added to the Flensburg coat of arms in 1480, or not until 1495, when Schleswig was united with Holstein under the Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein . It found its place in the head of the coat of arms. The coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein , which united the Schleswig lions with the Holstein nettle leaf, was created in 1395.

  • The oldest representation of the Flensburg coat of arms on the city seal from 1386

  • Approximate location of the flake tower (flat tower)

  • Ex-Mayor Klaus Tscheuschner laying the foundation stone on campus with the old town seal in hand (2009)

  • Seal of the Lord Mayor of Flensburg around 1920

interpretation

Beyond the historical background, the coat of arms elements are interpreted as follows: The two blue leoparded lions stand for "power and strength". These Schleswig lions come from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Schleswig . The silver nettle leaf ( nettle leaf ) shown in white comes from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Holstein . At the same time, the lions and the nettle leaf are part of the coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein . The red tower with the blue roof shows that Flensburg is a safe city. The flowing water refers to the location of Flensburg on the Flensburg Fjord (cf. also with the legends of the legend of the Grönen Keel and the black pig with regard to the abundance of water in the city). There are white foam crowns on the blue “delivery water”. Blue and yellow are the colors that dominate the coat of arms - they are the city colors. Their color corresponds roughly to that of the Schleswig colors.

Deviations

In the course of time, the basic form of the coat of arms was apparently more and more forgotten. Many old buildings in Flensburg have variations of the coats of arms that differ considerably from the original shape. Coat of arms from the 18th century show a kind of attachment to the tower. This variant shows a distant similarity to the former Duburg than to the original shape; see in particular the coat of arms on St. Knudsborg from 1844. The said tower building was only to gradually disappear after an official standardization in the 20th century. - Further variations were, for example: "not" leoparded lions, lions that jump in the wrong direction and the laying of the nettle leaf in the doorway.

Before 1900, the city symbol also appeared as a kind of designation of origin for companies. Modified variants or logos were also created that showed similar attributes as the city coat of arms. For decades the rum of the company Hansen Rum ( Hansen President ) carried the Flensburg city coat of arms on the labels until it left Flensburg . The logo of the Flensburg brewery consists of a cog , two lions and a raised, red castle tower.

Normalization

In 1899/1900 the original representation was reverted to and the representation of the Flensburg coat of arms was redefined. The draft of the new coat of arms approved under Wilhelm II came from Max Kirmis from Neumünster , who did the preparatory work, as well as from the Flensburg artist and Flensburg museum director Heinrich Sauermann . As with every other city in Germany, a wall battlement was added to clarify the city's status. In 1937 the confusing element was removed again. In addition, the coat of arms was made clearer overall. The graduated colors have been removed and the hues set. The contours have also been smoothed. This correction was carried out by the Flensburg artist Johannes Holtz. The initiative for the correction and redesign went back to Erwin Nöbbe .

City flag

Until the 20th century, despite the long tradition of heraldic arms, no official flag or flag was known of the city. In 1908 a black and white photo was taken when the foundation stone was laid for St. Petri Church . On this, the flag of Flensburg with the city coat of arms and the plain blue background can be seen for the first time . In the 1910s, a flag emerged with a background made up of two horizontal bars of equal size , one blue, one yellow. In 1938 the blue flag was returned for reasons of heraldic clarity. On June 30, 1938, the flag was officially approved. The city coat of arms is slightly shifted towards the pole on the flag cloth. The approved version is hoisted continuously from the Flensburg town hall and in the official context. In the private sector, the blue-yellow variant still occurs.

  • The official city flag of Flensburg.

  • Flensburg flags over Norderstrasse (2002)

  • The unofficial blue and yellow version of the city flag.

  • Blue and yellow wind pennants with the city colors.

  • Official flagging the city with the Flensburg flag at the New Year's reception in the German House (2014).

In 1984 a special version of the city festival coat of arms was created , with two happily laughing lions. The top one with a small flag with the number "1984" on it, and the bottom one with a bouquet of flowers. There are high splashing waves under the city's coat of arms. At the same time as this city festival coat of arms, a “city festival flag” was created, which spread widely. Its background was blue-yellow and in the middle is the festive Flensburg city coat of arms.

The chain of office of the Lord Mayor of Flensburg .

Today's form and use

Single-family house with the city arms facing the street (left of the window) in the Mürwik district near St. Ansgar (photo 2014)

Today's official seal of the city shows since 1937 the corrected form of the coat of arms, with the words "City of Flensburg" underneath. In 1896 a chain of office was made for the city's mayor for the first time. During the First World War , the gold chain was donated to the Reichsbank as part of the precious metal collections of that time. At the same time an iron chain was made as a replacement. In 1938 the chain was replaced by a new gold chain. The city coat of arms of Flensburg hangs at the end. The swastika medallion then inserted on the left was replaced after the Second World War (1946/47) by a second medallion with the city coat of arms.

In contrast to older houses, a city coat of arms is rarely attached to today's townhouses. The Flensburg flag is flagged much more frequently. The blue-yellow version of these is still being used by the Fahnen-Fischer company at Flensburg Harbor.

The construction of a tower based on the model of the city arms is discussed again and again. The most recent proposal was in May 2016 to erect such a city coat of arms tower on the small peninsula Harniskaispitze ( Lage ) in combination with a possible campsite. The city of Flensburg now increasingly uses a Flensburg logo in official correspondence, which consists of the lettering "Flensburg" and whose letter "F" is adorned with a red flag and whose letter "G" is more like the letter "C" which are joined by three pointed waves.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description and blazon on Flensburg.de
  2. ^ Municipal coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein, independent city of Flensburg , from: April 12, 2016.
  3. ^ City seal. In: Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! Flensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-925856-61-7 .
  4. ↑ Flensburg's beginnings. P. 12 and 14.
  5. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : City history: Flensburg's city arms: One tower - many riddles , from: April 17, 2018; Retrieved on: April 18, 2018
  6. ↑ Flensburg's beginnings. P. 14.
  7. ↑ City arms. In: Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! Flensburg 2009.
  8. ^ City seal. In: Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! Flensburg 2009.
  9. ^ Municipal coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein, independent city of Flensburg , from: April 12, 2016.
  10. ^ Flensburg-Online, Flensburger Wappen, Das Wappen der Stadt , accessed on April 14, 2016.
  11. ↑ City arms. In: Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! Flensburg 2009.
  12. ↑ Dorothea Hansen Steenholdt: Flensburg in words and pictures. (= Materials from the Flensburg city archive. Issue 1). Flensburg 1981, p. 21.
  13. ^ Flensburg-Online, Flensburger Wappen, Das Wappen der Stadt , accessed on April 14, 2016.
  14. ↑ Cf. “08 - a piece of Flensburg identity” ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. as well as Flensburg-Online, flared paper basket on Friesische Strasse , each accessed on April 14, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.flensburg08.de
  15. ↑ City arms. In: Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! Flensburg 2009.
  16. ↑ City arms. In: Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! Flensburg 2009.
  17. ↑ At the Nordertor. In: Flensburg street names. Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 .
  18. ^ Municipal coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein, independent city of Flensburg , from: April 12, 2016.
  19. ↑ City arms. In: Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! Flensburg 2009.
  20. ↑ City flag. In: Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! Flensburg 2009.
  21. ^ Municipal coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein, independent city of Flensburg , from April 12, 2016.
  22. ↑ The said variant of the coat of arms is said to come from the artist Rainer Ullrich, who was born in Flensburg and lived there for a long time. See expedition painter. Rainer Ulrich ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.expeditionsmaler.de
  23. ^ City seal. In: Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! Flensburg 2009.
  24. ↑ chain of office. In: Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! Flensburg 2009.
  25. ^ Fahnen-Fischer, Stadtflaggen , accessed on April 15, 2016.
  26. ↑ Top ideas for the Harniskai. In: Flensburger Tageblatt . May 10, 2016, p. 9.
  27. ↑ Election to the Lord Mayor: Who owns the Flensburg logo? In: Flensburger Tageblatt. October 5, 2010, accessed February 9, 2017.

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