Visbek Municipality (Germany) (original) (raw)


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Gemeinde Visbek, Landkreis Vechta, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[[Visbek municipal flag]](../images/d/de-vc-vb.gif)3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 June 2017
approved 23 July 1969

Current Flag

Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a blue-yellow-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1. The coat of arms is in the central stripe shifted to the hoist.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 June 2017

Plain Flag

[[Visbek plain municipal flag]](../images/d/de-vc-vb0.gif)3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 June 2017
approved 23 July 1969

Description of plain flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a blue-yellow-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 June 2017

[[Visbek municipal banner]](../images/d/de-vc-vb%5F.gif) image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 June 2017
approved 23 July 1969

Description of banner:
It is a blue-yellow-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1. The coat of arms is in the blue bannerhead.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 June 2017

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Shield Or, parted by a bend wavy Azure, charged with a fish Argent.
Meaning:
Visbek had been a dominion of the Abbey of Corvey since 855. It had been planned to add this number into the arms in 1936. Visbeck had been the maternal parish of the Leri Shire and remained the centre of the Corvey dominions in the region until 1803. The arms are considered to be canting, but are at least punning as the municipality's name means fish creek.
The arms were approved on 3 December 1936 by Minister of Interior of Oldenburg and again on 24 September 1951 by Minister of Interior of Lower Saxony.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.79
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 June 2017

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