Image: DEU Kreis Steinburg COA

Description: The arms were granted on July 30, 1928. The district is named after the castle Steinburg built before 1307. It was the seat of the governor of the Amt Steinburg, one of the territories in Holstein. The three small shields represent the three old districts in the Amt Steinburg. The image of Christ is taken from the seal of the Wilstermarsch district, the nettle leave symbolises the arms of Holstein, the swan is taken from the Krempermarsch district. The waves indicate that the Steinburg was a so-called water castle or a castle surrounded by canals it represents also the Elbe river.
Title: DEU Kreis Steinburg COA
Credit: Kommunale Wappenrolle Schleswig-Holstein Kreis Steinburg - ein bisschen Geschichte Stadler, Klemens; Deutsche Wappen; Band 1, Bremen 1964; S. 86 file made by Jürgen Krause colors according to FIAV iThe source code of this SVG is valid.  This vector image was created with Inkscape.
Permission: This file depicts the coat of arms of a German Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (corporation governed by public law). According to § 5 Abs. 1 of the German Copyright law, official works like coats of arms are in the public domain. Note: The usage of coats of arms is governed by legal restrictions, independent of the copyright status of the depiction shown here.
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