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Märkisch-Oderland County (Germany)

Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg

Last modified: 2019-12-16 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: maerkisch-oderland | bad freienwalde(county) | demi eagle(red) | cloverstem | hooks(crossed) | star(6-point) |
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[Märkisch-Oderland banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Mar 2005 See also:

Märkisch-Oderland County

Märkisch-Oderland Flag

[Märkisch-Oderland County flag] image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Mar 2005

It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1 with centred arms in the white stripe.
�3(3) of Hauptsatzung of Märkisch-Oderland County, version 11 February 2009
Jörg Majewski, 20 Mar 2005

Märkisch-Oderland Banner

It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1 with arms shifted to the top in the white stripe.
�3(3) of Hauptsatzung of Märkisch-Oderland County, version 11 February 2009
Jörg Majewski, 20 Mar 2005

Märkisch-Oderland Coat of Arms

[Märkisch-Oderland CoA] image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Mar 2005

Shield parted per fess of Argent and Gules; in chief a demi eagle issuant Gules armed Or the wings charged with cloverstems Or; in base two bars wavy Gules charged with two boat hooks Or in saltire over a 6-point star Or.
Meaning:
The eagle is representing Brandenburg and the municipalities belonging to the former counties of Ober- and Nieder Barnim and Strausberg. The bars wavy are representing the name giving Oder River. Hook and star are representing the municipalities of the former counties of Lebus and Seelow.
�3(2) of Hauptsatzung of Märkisch-Oderland County, version 11 February 2009 and Erwin Günther:"Wappen und Flaggen der Stadt- und Landkreise Brandenburgs und der ehemaligen Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen", Erfurt 1998, pp.65-66
Jörg Majewski, 20 Mar 2005 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 December 2019

Flag, banner and arms were approved on 18 February 2004. County seat is Seelow City.
Jörg Majewski, 20 Mar 2005

Bad Freienwalde County (1952 - 1993)

Bad Freienwalde County Flag


[Bad Freienwalde county flag (1990 - 1993)] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Dec 2019

It was a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: �3(2) Hauptsatzung of Bad Freienwalde County, version 23 November 1990
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Dec 2019

Bad Freienwalde County Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess, above Argent a demi-eagle issuant Gules armed Or with cloverstems Or.
Meaning:
The county was established in 1952 from the eastern parts of former Oberbarnim County.The county chose the former arms from 1929 of Oberbarnim County and adopted them in 1990.
Source: �3(1) Hauptsatzung of Bad Freienwalde County, version 23 November 1990
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Dec 2019

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