Altenburger Land County (Thuringia, Germany)

Landkreis Altenburger Land

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5:2 by Stefan Schwoon Flag adopted 3rd June 1996, coat-of-arms adopted 28th April 1995

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• County and Municipal Flags (Thuringia / Thüringen, Germany)
• Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg 1826-1918 (Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg)
• Thuringia (Thüringen, Germany)
• Germany

Red-white-green with the arms. A curiosity: the fourth quarter of the arms shows an acorn, a card symbol. This refers to the fact that the popular card game of Skat originated in Altenburg. Sources: flag from Ulle 1999, arms from the Thuringia official website.

Stefan Schwoon, 12 March 2001

Flag adopted 03.06.1996, according to Dirk Schönberger's