Ratekau

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RATEKAU

State : Schleswig-Holstein
District (Kreis) :Ostholstein (until 1970 Eutin)

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Official blazon

Über blauem Schildfuß, darin eine goldene Garbe, in Gold rechts eine grüne Eiche, an der unten ein silberner Stein lehnt, links eine eintürmige silberne Kirche mit roten Dächern; darüber zwei auswärts geneigte schwarze Ähren.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 12, 1946.

The arms show the local church, which has a typical architecture, and which construction started around 1200. The oak is the so-called Blücher-oak, which was planted to remember the capitulation of General Blücher to Napoleon on November 7, 1806. The wheatears symbolise the agriculture in the municipality.

Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Reissmann, 1997.