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![[Schwanewede municipal flag]](../images/d/de-oz-sw.gif)
3:5
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2017
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Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
A ,probably plain, bicolour was approved by Minister of Interior of Lower Saxony in 1956.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2017
Description of coat of arms:
Shield Azure, a swan passant Argent.
Meaning:
The arms are canting, as the municipality's name means "meadow of swans". The arms are based on the family arms of the Lower Saxonian Schwanewede kin.
The coat of arms was approved by Minister of Interior of Lower Saxony in 1950.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.72
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2017
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