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![[Wedel (Holstein) flag]](../images/d/de-pi-wd.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Jun 2006
adopted 26 Nov 1963
City of Wedel (Pinneberg county; Schleswig-Holstein)
Description of flag: The flags ratio is 3:5. It is a blue flag with
horizontal red and white stripes at top and bottom edges. The red stripes
are at the outer ends. The blue part has three times height of the others
ones.
The ratio of the stripes is estimated 4:1:15:1:4. The figures of the
coat of arms without shield are in the centre of the hoist-half of the
flag.
Source: I spotted this flag on 24 July 2007 at the ship-greeting-point
in Schulau on the northern bank of River Elbe, west of Hamburg. Schulau
belongs to the city of Wedel. At the ship-greeting -point for every ship
the flag of its homeland is hoisted and the national anthem is played,
when the ship passes this point.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2007
![[Wedel (Holstein) CoA]](../images/d/de-pi)wd.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2007
Description of coat of arms:
It is the coat of arms of the counts of Schaumburg, the former rulers
of Holstein. Within the nettle-leaf is a so-called Roland. The Roland is
black-bearded, wears golden armour, is golden crowned, has a red belt and
wears a coat outside red but inside blue. He holds a sword and a globe
with a cross in his hands.
Meaning:
The red shield with nettle leaf is symbolizing the rule of the counts
of Schaumburg up to 1640. A statue of Roland is right on the marketplace
of Wedel. When it was placed there, it was a symbol for gaining the title
of a market-town. The wooden statue was replaced by a statue of stone in
1585. In 1786 the town gained the title of a Flecken (Niederdtsch. Bleeck),
which included the right to use an own seal.
The coat of arms was adopted in 1876 without permission. Both flag
and coat of arms in the current have been officially adopted on 26 November
1963.
Source: Martin Reißmann: "Die Wappen der Kreise, Ämter, Städte und
Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein"; ISBN 3-88042-815-8; Husum 1997; p.357.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Sep 2007