Eichsfeld County (Thuringia, Germany)

Landkreis Eichsfeld

Last modified: 2003-12-13 by santiago dotor
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5:2 by Stefan Schwoon Flag and coat-of-arms adopted 22nd March 1995

• Description

See also:

• County and Municipal Flags (Thuringia / Thüringen, Germany)
• Thuringia (Thüringen, Germany)
• Germany

The Eichsfeld [meaning 'field of oaktrees'] belonged to the Archdiocese of Mainz for a long time — hence the wheel. Following the territorial changes of the Napoleonic times it was split between Hanover and the Prussian province of Saxony — hence the red eagle [of Brandenburg]. In 1945 the Prussian part was allocated to Thuringia, the other part is today a part of the county Göttingen in Lower Saxony. The flag is white-red with the arms. Sources: flag from Ulle 1999, arms from the Thuringia official website.

Stefan Schwoon, 12 March 2001

Flag adopted 22.03.1995, according to Dirk Schönberger's