Celle County (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Landkreis Celle

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2:3
by Stefan Schwoon
Flag adopted 19th October 1964, coat-of-arms adopted 24th August 1928

• Description
• Municipality of Wienhausen (Gemeinde Wienhausen)

See also:

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

A flag version of the arms. The flag is shown in Erich Dieter Linder, Die Flaggen deutscher Landkreise (Flags of German counties), in Der Flaggenkurier no. 2, 1996, pp. 4-10. The format there is 2:3. Illustration based on the picture at this website. Flag adopted 19.10.1964, according to Dirk Schönberger's Administrative Divisions of the World website, arms adopted 24.08.1928 according to Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website.

The flag and arms of Celle has a striking relation to the Danish arms [shown at the International Civic Arms website]. Apparently one of the Dukes of