Coat of arms and flag of Bremerhaven

The flag of the city of Bremerhaven shows the city's coat of arms on a red-white-red tricolor .

Blazon

The coat of arms shows in silver, over a wavy blue shield base with a silver fish, a Hanseatic ship with a blue roof on the aft fort. On the sails three coats of arms: 1 in red a silver key, above in silver a red paw cross, 2 in blue a golden anchor, 3 in red two crossed silver scythe leaves.

The city of Bremerhaven acquired this coat of arms after the city of Wesermünde was incorporated into the federal state of Bremen and renamed Bremerhaven in 1947. It was officially adopted on May 28, 1947; the design comes from the artist Waldemar Mallek from Münster. Ship and fish indicate the importance of Bremerhaven as a port and fishing location. The coats of arms on the sails symbolize the three former cities of Bremerhaven ( Bremen key and paw cross ), Geestemünde (anchor) and Lehe (scythe leaves).

Current versions
Bremerhaven's coat of arms
Stylized version of the coat of arms as used today by the city administration
Flag of Bremerhaven
The flag in the wind

precursor
year	predecessor	predecessor	Merged	annotation
1924	Geestemünde	Lehe	Wesermünde	Geestemünde and Lehe are merged into Wesermünde .
1939	Wesermünde	Bremerhaven	Wesermünde	The city of Bremerhaven is added.
1947	Wesermünde		Bremerhaven	Wesermünde is renamed Bremerhaven .