City of Norden (Aurich County, Lower Saxony, Germany)

Stadt Norden

Last modified: 2002-03-29 by santiago dotor
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by Stefan Schwoon

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See also:

• County and Municipal Flags (Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen, Germany)
• County of Norden (Grafschaft Norden)
• Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen, Germany)
• Germany

The flag of Norden shows three golden spur wheels 2,1 in a blue field. Norden is nowadays a town in the county of Aurich.

Stefan Schwoon, 29 March 2001

A banner of the arms. From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website:

The spurs (Sporenräder) are derived from the arms of the Idzinga family. This family had much influence in the city, but it is not known when the city adopted the spurs.

Literature: Stadler 1964-1972 and K. Leiner, Panorama Norden, Norden, 1972.

Santiago Dotor, 27 March 2002