| Flag |
City |
Date |
Description
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Dithmarschen |
17 May 1972 – |
A white flag with 7 red and white stripes and the coat of arms. The coat of arms features a knight in gold armor riding a white horse. It represents its readiness for warfare. Designed by Wilhelm Horst Lippert.[19][20]
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Flensburg |
30 June 1938 – |
A blue flag with the coat of arms. The two blue lions represents the Duchy of Schleswig, the silver nettle leaf in the red shield represents the Duchy of Holstein. The red tower represents the defense of the city. The waves represents the city's connection to the North Sea. Designed by Johannes Holtz, Max Kirmis, Erwin Nöbbe and Heinrich Sauermann.[21][22][23]
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Vertical variant.
|
 |
Herzogtum Lauenburg |
1948 – |
A flag with two black stripes and the coat of arms. The coat of arms features a horse head represents Kingdom of Hanover and Denmark. The colours are from Prussia.[24][25]
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Kiel |
1921 – |
A red flag based on the County of Schaumburg with a black boat representing the city's importance as a port inside a nesselblatt.[26]
|
 |
Vertical variant.
|
 |
Lübeck |
22 January 1941 – |
White-red bicolor with a black eagle the Lübeck double eagle.[27]
|
 |
Vertical variant.
|
 |
Nordfriesland |
10 July 1972 – |
Five horizontal bands of blue, yellow, and red (double width), with three ships to the left. The ships represents Eiderstedt, Everschop and Utholm. The sails of the ships contain a plough (representing Husum), a fish (representing Westerland as it is close to the sea) and a ox's head (representing Eiderstedt as it is known for its livestock). The colors were traditional colors of North Frisia. Designed by Wilhelm Horst Lippert.[28][29]
|
 |
Neumünster |
13 March 1930 – |
White-red bicolor with the coat of arms. The coat of arms consists of a swan (representing Stormarn), a nesselblatt (representing Holstein) and five chimeys representing Neumünster. The coat of arms represents the present and the past. Red and white are the colours of Holstein.[30][31]
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 |
Vertical variant.
|
 |
Ostholstein |
30 July 1971 – |
A red-white-red horizontal flag with the coat of arms. The coat of arms contains a castle represents Oldenburg while the mitre and the cross represents Eutin (which used to be part of the Prince-bishopric of Lübeck).[32][33]
|
 |
Pinneberg |
12 May 1986 – |
A blue-white-red horizontal flag with the coat of arms. The coat of arms features a nasselblatt represents the counts of Schauenburg and Holstein. The fir tree symbolizes the location of one of the largest nurseries in Germany. Designed by Paul Weber.[34][35]
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 |
Plön |
12 May 1975 – |
A blue-white-red (which are the colours of Schleswig-Holstein) horizontal flag with the coat of arms. The coat of arms features a nasselblatt represents the counts of Schauenburg and Holstein. The oak leaf represents forests. The ear of grain represents agriculture. The fish represents the district's 80 lakes and the Baltic Sea.[36][37]
|
 |
Rendsburg-Eckernförde |
29 January 1981 – |
A red and yellow diagonal flag with a two blue lions and the yellow triangle (representing Eckernförde and Schleswig) and a nasselblatt on the red triangle (representing Rendsburg and the municipalities that were transferred from Plön and Holstein). The wavy pattern represents the Baltic Sea, the Eider river and the Kiel Canal. Designed by Wilhelm Horst Lippert.[38][39]
|
 |
Schleswig-Flensburg |
3 October 1977 – |
A blue and yellow horizontal flag with a two lions (a blue lion and a yellow lion). The colours were the traditional colours of Schleswig. Designed by Heinz Reinhold.[40][41]
|
 |
Segeberg |
25 November 1977 – |
A red-white-red flag with a cross. The cross represents the introduction of Christianity to Wagria by Vicelinus. The cross is composed of four brick towers representing the churches that Vicelinus built, four leaves of a water lily representing the von Segeberg family and a nasselblatt represents the counts of Schauenburg and Holstein. Designed by George Fink.[42]
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 |
Steinburg |
20 July 1957 – |
A blue-white-blue flag with the coat of arms. The coat of arms consists of a castle with three coats of arms (representing Wilstermarsch, Holstein and Krempermarsch respectively). Wilstermarsch is represented by an image of Christ the King, Holstein by a nasselblatt and Krempermarsch by a white swan. The three coats of arms are placed on a castle surrounded by a moat. Designed by Max Kahlke.[43][44]
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 |
Stormarn |
31 July 1981 – |
A red flag with a white swan wearing a crown on its neck. The swan represents its readiness for war.[45][46]
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