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Emsland County (Germany)

Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony

3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Dec 2007
Flag adopted 27 January 1982

Emsland county
Emsland county Coat of Arms

See also:

County and Municipal Flags (Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen)
Emsland Cities and Municipalities
Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
Germany

Emsland county

County: Emsland
county seat: Meppen
area: 2,881.4 km²
population: 313,036
divisions: 60 municipalities, incl. 50 in 9 Samtgemeinden*, 3 cities, 2 towns
*A "Samtgemeinde" (SG*), also called "comprehensive municipality is a combination of smaller municipalities, market towns and cities in Lower Saxony, fulfilling common services
Jörg Majewski, 18 Dec 2007

Emsland county Coat of Arms

image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Dec 2007
adopted 27 January 1982

Description of coat of arms:
In golden shield are three red medlar blossoms seeded golden ordered per fess, red chief charged with a dolmen Argent, blue base wavy charged with a golden anchor.
Meaning:
The chief is representing former Aschendorf-Hümmling County, the anchor former Lingen County, the golden field former Meppen County and the number of medlars is probably alluding to the three former counties. Furthermore the medlars are a modification taken from the arms of the Dukes of Arenberg.
Source: Stadler 1964, pp.14, 57, 61
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2016

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