Borstorf

Borstorf is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig- Holstein.

History

The village was mentioned in Ratzeburg tithe register of 1230 as Borchardestorp for the first time in a document. The name probably goes back to a knight named Borchard or Burchard. Three castles on the site to have been destroyed 1291-1349 by fighting. The information from the traditions suggest that the former gentlemen belonged to the robber barons needle via Borstorf.

Policy

Coat of arms

Blazon: ". Over red sign foot, in two crossed silver swords in blue with a silver hill with a castle einturmigen "

The coat of arms Borstorfs underlines the importance of castles for the place with the castle. The crossed swords are based on the historical significance of the robber barons for the village.

Flag

Blazon: "In the midst of a white, top and bottom of a narrow blue border stripes bunting limited the municipal coat of arms in the flag just tincture. From the leech or the flying end of a narrow red horizontal strip to the center of the flag cloth -setting, but not reaching to the municipal coat of arms. "

Others

Borstorf was twice participants in the game without limits competition and was both times winner.