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Salzbergen Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Salzbergen, Emsland County, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Salzbergen flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 23 Oct 2007
Flag adopted 21 Apr 1959

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Salzbergen Municipality


county Emsland
coat of arms adopted: May 1959 [1]
flags adopted: 21 April 1959 [2]
sources:
[1]   Hanns Fettweis, "Die Wappen der Städte, Gemeinden und Altkreise des Emslandes", 1989.
[2]   Federal Archives of Hannover
[3]   E-Mail from the municipality of 7th April 2005
A picture of the banner can be seen at this webpage.
Jörg Majewski, 23 Oct 2007

Banner

[Salzbergen banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 23 Oct 2007
adopted 21 Apr 1959

Flag and banner red-white-red with ratio 1:3:1
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2016

Coat of Arms

[Salzbergen coat of arms] image by Jörg Majewski, 23 Oct 2007

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Gules three drops Or in fess, in base a triplemount Argent charged with a bar wavy Azure.
Meaning:
The drops are symbolizing the local oil production, the triplemount is symbolizing salt production and is a canting element, because the name of the commune means "mountains of salt". The bar wavy is representing Ems River.
German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2016

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