English: of the German district of Steinburg

English: „Gules, above a terrace in base wavy azure, an embattled castle Argent issuant, with three embattled towers roofed azure; below the battlements charged with three escutcheons: 1 azure a clothed Or and Argent Jesus Christ figure, the right raised to bless, in the left a globus cruciger gules with cross Or; 2 gules, a nettle leave Argent; 3 gules, a ready to fly, armed Or swan Argent, a crown Or around the neck.”

English: 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.