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County and Municipal Flags (Brandenburg, Germany)

Kreis- und Gemeindeflaggen in Brandenburg

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image by Marcus Schmöger

County Flags city (Kreisflaggen)
County-Free City Flags (Flaggen kreisfreier Städte)
Introduction to Municipal Flags in Brandenburg:

See also:

Brandenburg (Germany)
Germany

County Flags (Kreisflaggen):

Barnim County [BN] (Kreis Barnim) - Barnim cities and municipalities
Dahme-Spreewald County [DS] (Kreis Dahme-Spreewald) - Dahme-Spreewald cities and municipalities
Elbe-Elster County [EE] (Kreis Elbe-Elster) - Elbe-Elster cities and municipalities
Havelland County [NA] (Kreis Havelland) - Havelland cities and municipalities
Märkisch-Oderland County [MO] (Kreis Märkisch-Oderland) - Märkisch-Oderland cities and municipalities
Oberhavel County [OR] (Kreis Oberhavel) - Oberhavel cities and municipalities
Oberspreewald-Lausitz County [OB] (Kreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz) - Oberspreewald-Lausitz cities and municipalities
Oder-Spree County [BS] (Kreis Oder-Spree) - Oder-Spree cities and municipalities
Ostprignitz-Ruppin County [OP] (Kreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin) - Ostprignitz-Ruppin cities and municipalities
Potsdam-Mittelmark County [PM] (Kreis Potsdam-Mittelmark) - Potsdam-Mittelmark cities and municipalities
Prignitz County [PG] (Kreis Prignitz) - Prignitz cities and municipalities
Spree-Neiße County [CA] (Kreis Spree-Neiße) - Spree-Neiße cities and municipalities
Teltow-Fläming County [TF] (Kreis Teltow-Fläming) - Teltow-Fläming cities and municipalities
Uckermark County [UM] (Kreis Uckermark) - Uckermark cities and municipalities

County-Free City Flags (Flaggen kreisfreier Städte):

Brandenburg city (Stadt Brandenburg)
Cottbus city (Stadt Cottbus)
Frankfurt (Oder) city (Stadt Frankfurt (Oder))
Potsdam city (Landeshauptstadt Potsdam)

Introduction to Municipal Flags in Brandenburg

The first five issues of Der Flaggenkurier featured a series by Erwin Günther about city flags in East Germany. The first four parts covered cities in Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt. Part 1, the first one dealing with Brandenburg, is Günther 1995 (Erwin Günther, Ostdeutsche Stadtflaggen (1): Land Brandenburg, in Der Flaggenkurier, no. 1, 1995, pp. 11-17) and is available online (German text only).
Part 2, also dealing with Brandenburg, is Günther 1996c (Erwin Günther, Ostdeutsche Stadtflaggen (2): Land Brandenburg, in Der Flaggenkurier, no. 2, 1996, pp. 11-16).

I sent drawings of the flags to Andreas Herzfeld, president of the DGF, who also manages the Der Flaggenkurier website, and obtained his permission to send them to FotW too. The flags were mostly made by colouring the drawings in Der Flaggenkurier according to the descriptions in the text, therefore my own contribution to these flags is small and only of technical nature.

During the times of the German Democratic Republic city flags had no official status, only unofficial flags existed and were sometimes created for special occasions like anniversaries. Only in 1990 were city flags officially admitted again.
Stefan Schwoon, 13 Apr 2001