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Marxen municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Marxen, Samtgemeinde Hanstedt, Harburg county, Lower Saxony

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[Marxen municipality] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Apr 2007

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Municipality of Marxen

Municipality of Marxen (Samtgemeinde* Hanstedt / Harburg county / Lower Saxony)
It's ratio is probably 3:5. It's a red over white horizontal bicolour superimposed by the coat of arms in the centre of the flag.
Description of coat of arms: The shield is divided per pale. On the right side is a silver (=white) kettle hook in a red field. On the left side is a broken branch of an
oak tree with two green leaves and two green acorns.
Meaning: The kettlehook marks the existence of a very old settlement of early tribes of Germans. The branch points out, that the village was located near a wood and the old name of the village was indeed "Marxen am Wald" (=Marxen at the wood).
Source: I spotted this flag on 28 March 2007 in Marxen. The information about the coat of arms was taken from "Samtgemeinde Hanstedt Bürgerinformationen 2007/2008" p.35.
*A "Samtgemeinde" (SG*), also called "collective municipality" is a combination of several municipalities to an administrative community in Lower Saxony.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Apr 2007