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![[Birkenwerder municipal flag]](../images/d/de-or-bw.gif)
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It is a green-white-green horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the white stripe.
Sources: this online catalogue and §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of Birkenwerder Municipality, version 23 December 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2019
![[Birkenwerder municipal banner]](../images/d/de-or-bw_.gif)
image by Jens Pattke, 5 Apr 2019
It is a green-white-green vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the white stripe.
Sources: Stefan Schwoon's database and §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of Birkenwerder Municipality, version 23 December 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2019
Shield Argent, a birch proper issuant from a triplemount Or on a base wavy Azure.
Meaning:
Half of the municipal area is foretal, symbolised by the birch. The base wavy is representing Briese River and the local lakes Boddensee, Briesesee and Mönchsee. The triplemount. The yellow colour of the tiplemount is alluding to the sandy soil.
Sources: German WIKIPEDIA and §2(1) of Hauptsatzung of Birkenwerder Municipality, version 23 December 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2019
The arms were approved on 2 June 1994
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2019
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