Norden Historical Flags (Germany)

County of Norden, Grafschaft Norden

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3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon
Flag probably used since 16th century, first reported 1735

• Norden city
• Norden 1695
• Mistaken Variants in Old Flag Charts (1695, 1716, 1750, 1848 and 1862)

See also:

• Norden city (Stadt Norden)
• Principality of East Friesland until 1744 (Fürstentum Ostfriesland)
• Historical Flags (Lower Saxony)
• Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
• Germany

Norden city

Niedersächsisches Städtebuch says that Norden became a possession of the Cirksena family [later Counts of East Friesland] in 1436.
Stefan Schwoon, 1 Mar 2001

Niedersächsisches Städtebuch says that the flag of Norden is blue with three golden spur wheels placed 2,1, "probably since the 16th century, provably since 1735". Stadler gives the same description for Norden's flag. Norden is nowadays a town in the county of Aurich.
A banner of the arms. From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website: The spurs (Sporenräder) are derived from the arms of the Idzinga family. This family had much influence in the city, but it is not known when the city adopted the spurs.
Literature: Stadler 1964-1972 and K. Leiner, Panorama Norden, Norden, 1972.
Stefan Schwoon, 29 Mar 2001

Norden 1695

Norden 1695: It is a blue flag with three white 6-point stars in a triangular formation, two over one, shifted to the hoist.
Source: Poster entitled: "Die geschichtliche Entwicklung der als deutsche Nationalflaggen auf See gefahrenen und von den seefahrenden Nationen anerkannten deutschen Kriegs- und Handelsflaggen", engl: "The historical evolution of those German national flags used on ships and recognized as German war flags or merchant flags by the naval nations", edited by Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven, 1981, based on an original version of Kapitän zur See a.D. Karl SCHULTZ, all flags on the poster are painted by E. PASCHKE.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Oct 2007

Mistaken Variants in Old Flag Charts

On a blue field, three white six-pointed stars, arranged 2,1. Illustrated Smith 1975, p. 205. Reported 1695, 1716, 1750 and 1862.
Norman Martin, Mar 1998

Reported 1848

On a green field, three white six-pointed stars, arranged 2,1. Probably in error.
Norman Martin, Mar 1998