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![[Gifhorn County flag]](../images/d/de-gf.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Dec 2007
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It is a red-yellow-blue horizontal tricolour with centred arms.
Jörg Majewski, 19 Dec 2007
![[Gifhorn County arms]](../images/d/de-gf).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Dec 2007
Shield Or semy of heartlets Gules, a lion rampant Azure armed and tongued Gules and holding a horn Argent by his forepaws.
Meaning:
The horn is a canting symbol and has been used by the city of Gifhorn since the 14th century. The lion and the hearts are taken from the arms of the Princess of Lüneburg from the Welfen kin and are used by them since the 13th century, as the area belonged to them for many centuries.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.38
Jarig Bakker, 19 Dec 2007
The flag was approved on 15 March 1989. The arms were approved on 29 August 1929.
Jörg Majewski, 19 Dec 2007
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