List of flags in Schleswig-Holstein

Flag of Schleswig-Holstein

State service flag of Schleswig-Holstein

This list shows the flags in Schleswig-Holstein with its counties and cities. Further flags can be reached via the navigation bar at the end of the page.

Although the flag of Schleswig-Holstein has been shown as a national symbol since the first half of the 19th century , it was not officially introduced until the law on the emblems of the state of Schleswig-Holstein on January 18, 1957. The law describes the country's flag as follows:

“The national colors are blue-white-red.

The national flag shows the national colors from top to bottom in three horizontal stripes of equal width. The height of the national flag is related to its length as 3: 5.

The service flag is the national flag; it shows the state coat of arms in the middle . "

Circles

circle	Hoist flag	Comments
Dithmarschen		Approved on May 17, 1972: "The circle flag shows the circle coat of arms (with shield) in the white leech and three white bars in the red flying end."
Duchy of Lauenburg		Approved in 1948: “The circle flag shows the circle coat of arms on a white background; above and below the circular coat of arms there is a black horizontal stripe in the white background. "
North Friesland		Approved on July 10, 1972: “In the middle of a blue bordered by two narrow stripes at the top and bottom, an outer red and an inner golden field, the three ships of the coat of arms (2: 1), shifted slightly towards the pole. "
Ostholstein		Approved on July 30, 1972: "In the middle of a white field, each bordered by a narrow red stripe at the top and bottom, the circular coat of arms."
Pinneberg		Approved on May 12, 1986: "The silver Holstein nettle leaf in red, topped with a stylized green fir tree that has golden roots."
Plön		Approved on May 12, 1975: "The flag shows the circular coat of arms slightly shifted towards the pole in the middle of a white field delimited above by a blue and below by a wide red stripe."
Rendsburg-Eckernförde		Approved on January 29, 1981: "On a wavy cut 'obliquely left', two blue, red armored lions striding above each other in yellow above, a white nettle leaf below in red."
Schleswig-Flensburg		Approved on October 3, 1977: "On a cloth split lengthways into a blue and a yellow stripe - one above the other and shifted from the center towards the pole - the two lions of the circle coat of arms in mixed colors."
Segeberg		Approved on November 25, 1977: "The circular flag shows the circular coat of arms without a shield in the middle of a white cloth bordered above and below by a red stripe, slightly shifted towards the pole."
Stone castle		Approved on August 30, 1957: “The flag of the Steinburg district bears the coat of arms in the first third of the white flag. The flag is bordered above and below by a blue border, which symbolically represents the rivers Stör and Elbe. "
Stormarn		Approved on July 30, 1981: "On a red flag - turned to a pole on both sides - the white Stormarn swan with a yellow crown."

One district cities

District-free city	Hoist flag	banner	Comments
Flensburg			Approved on: June 30, 1938 “The city coat of arms on the blue flag cloth, slightly shifted towards the pole.” Cf. Flensburg city flag
State capital Kiel			Approved on:? “The city flag is red. It shows a white nettle leaf in the middle and a black boat on it. "
Hanseatic City of Lübeck			Approved on: January 22nd, 1941 “The flag has been divided horizontally from time immemorial, white above and red below. It shows the Lübeck double-headed eagle in the upper corner facing the flagpole. The upper part of the banner shows the Lübeck double-headed eagle on a white background. The lower part is divided vertically, white on the left and red on the right. "
Neumunster			Date of approval unknown: The flag is not entered in the Schleswig-Holstein municipal coat of arms. "The city flag shows the colors white-red with the city arms."