Esens, Lower Saxony
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: City / Municipality
Summary
About the place: Esens is a historic town and seat of the collective municipality of the same name in the district of Wittmund, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the East Frisia region near the North Sea coast.
Flag Description: The flag features a sheet with an aspect ratio of 3:5 consisting of two horizontal bands, blue on top and yellow at the bottom. Positioned in the center is the city's coat of arms, which depicts a silver (white) shield showing a black bear with a gold collar rising from a red brick wall with battlements and a red portcullis from the right side from the viewer's perspective (heraldic left), holding a small red shield in its paws.
Symbolism: The blue and yellow colors are the traditional colors of East Frisia and the town of Esens. The black bear in the coat of arms refers to a local legend of a bear that saved the town during a siege, as well as the historical arms of the Harlingerland ruler Balthasar von Esens.
Flag Description: The flag features a sheet with an aspect ratio of 3:5 consisting of two horizontal bands, blue on top and yellow at the bottom. Positioned in the center is the city's coat of arms, which depicts a silver (white) shield showing a black bear with a gold collar rising from a red brick wall with battlements and a red portcullis from the right side from the viewer's perspective (heraldic left), holding a small red shield in its paws.
Symbolism: The blue and yellow colors are the traditional colors of East Frisia and the town of Esens. The black bear in the coat of arms refers to a local legend of a bear that saved the town during a siege, as well as the historical arms of the Harlingerland ruler Balthasar von Esens.
Statistics
Area
26.83 km²
Population
7,517