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Bad Oldesloe city (Germany)

Stadt Bad Oldesloe, seat of Stormarn County, Schleswig-Holstein

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[Bad Oldesloe flag#1] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Jul 2007

Description of flag:
The ratio of flag 3:5. It is a white flag with a horizontal blue stripe on top and bottom edge. The ratio between stripes is estimated 1:4:1. The coat of arms is in within the white stripe slightly shifted to the hoist.
Description of coat of arms:
It is the shield of the counts od Schaumburg-Holstein. Within its nettle-leaf is a blue dressed, nimbed St.Peter with blond hair and beard, holding a golden(=yellow) key in his right hand. St.Peter is facing the dexter side.
Note, that according to §5(1) of city's Hauptsatzung the key should be black. There exists also an image of the coat of arms of the city, showing a black haired St.Peter with a black key.
Source: I spotted this flag on 17 June 2006 in front of the town hall.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Jul 2007

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[Bad Oldesloe flag#2] image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Aug 2006
adopted 18 Jun 1979

City of Bad Oldesloe
County Stormarn, state Schleswig-Holstein
flag adopted 18 June 1979
Bad Oldesloe is county seat of Stormarn county.
Jörg Majewski, 27 Aug 2006

Oldesloe received city rights from the Counts of Holstein in 1238 and the prefix of a spa (=Bad) in 1911.
The arms are already seen on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1345. The arms show the arms of the Counts of Holstein with St. Peter, the patron saint of the city. The saint has silver (=white hair and he holds an upright black key. According to source he was depicted earlier en face and without any shield. In the 16th century the saint was placed into a shield and since the 17th century the saint is dexter facing. The arms have thus not changed since.
Literature : Stadler 1970; p.95 and Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s
Source: Ralf Hartemink's website.
Jarig Bakker(?), 27 Aug 2006

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