List of coats of arms in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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This list with its sub-lists, which can be reached via the navigation bar at the end of the page, contains - sorted according to the administrative structure - all coats of arms of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania listed in Wikipedia . Most of the 805 municipalities in the country (as of September 5, 2011) do not have a coat of arms, but only just under 300. This list therefore not only shows the coat of arms, but also the information about which coat of arms and information is missing or in Wikipedia which municipalities do not have a coat of arms. The footnotes refer to the blazon of the corresponding coat of arms.

As can already be seen in the coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the most common symbols are the bull of Mecklenburg and the griffin of Pomerania . But you can also find the Hanseatic cross. The combination of the colors red and white mostly demonstrates the Hanseatic tradition of the cities in this region.

Coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

  • Small state coat of arms of
    Mecklenburg-
    Western Pomerania
    The small state coat of arms shows a shield split lengthways in the middle. In the right field is the Mecklenburg bull's head on a gold background and in the left field the red Pomeranian griffin on a silver background.
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  • Large coat of arms of
    Mecklenburg-
    Western Pomerania
    The large coat of arms shows a quartered shield. In the upper right field is the Mecklenburg bull's head on a gold background, in the upper left field the red Pomeranian griffin on a silver background, in the lower right field the red Brandenburg eagle on a silver background and in the lower left field the Mecklenburg bull head on a gold background.
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  • Map of
    Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany

The large and small coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was designed and issued after reunification. On a small scale, the bull represents the Mecklenburg part of the country and the red griffin of Pomerania the West Pomerania region . On the whole there are two bulls, as Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz historically consisted of two parts . You can also see the eagle of Brandenburg , which not only stands for some smaller parts of the historical state, but also the historical ties between this state and Pomerania.

Coats of arms of the independent cities

  • Hanseatic City of
    Rostock
    A divided shield; above, in blue, a striding golden griffin with an upturned tail and a knocked out red tongue; divided below by silver over red.

  • State capital
    Schwerin
    In blue, the golden equestrian portrait of Duke Heinrich the Lion: a knight with a helmet on a bridled, striding horse who holds a three-lobed flag in his right hand and a triangular shield with a leoparded lion in his left .

Coats of arms of the districts

Coats of arms of the former independent cities of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania until 2011

Former counties until 2011

  • District
    Bad Doberan
    divided silver by a lying, with the crookedness forward and upturned Abtstab; above, in blue, a striding golden griffin with an upturned tail and a knocked out red tongue; below, in gold, a black bull's head looking forward with a closed mouth, a knocked-out red tongue and silver horns, on the forehead a golden crown of princes, of which five prongs alternately decorated with lilies and pearls are visible.

  • Landkreis
    Demmin
    Half-divided and split, from above a black bull's head looking out in gold with a closed mouth, a knocked out red tongue and silver horns, on the forehead a golden crown of princes, of which five prongs alternately decorated with lilies and pearls are visible, behind in blue a floating one , tinned silver castle with an open gate and a crenellated tower, the pointed roof of which is crowned with a lily and the three floors of which are each provided with three windows illuminated with daylight, divided from below: above a growing silver griffin, below in gold and blue.

  • District of
    Güstrow
    In a split shield above in gold a looking black bull's head with closed mouth, open red tongue and silver horns, on the forehead a golden crown of princes, of which five prongs alternating with leaf ornaments and pearls are visible, each with a red star; below, in a field divided by red and gold, two diagonally crossed bishop's staffs in mixed up colors.


  • Ludwigslust district
    Divided by a wave cut of red and silver; above a striding golden horse; below three fan-shaped green oak leaves.

  • District
    Mecklenburg-Strelitz
    shows the coat of arms, split and half divided; in front in blue a tinned silver wall with a pointed tin tower; in the back above, in gold, a black bull's head looking forward with an open mouth, silver teeth, a knocked out red tongue, silver horns and a torn neck fur, the edge of which is cut out in an arch and shows seven points; in the lower back a silver Maltese cross in red.

  • District of
    Müritz
    Above a quadruple tinned red wall shield base with an open gate, in it silver-rippled blue water, split by gold and blue; in front a black bull's head with silver horns, a closed mouth, a knocked out red tongue and a golden crown showing five prongs alternately decorated with lilies and pearls; in the back a silver osprey with closed flight and a silver fish in its claws.

  • District of
    Northern Pomerania
    Split by blue and gold; in front a golden griffin turned to the left with a knocked out red tongue and a raised tail; behind a black griffin with a knocked out red tongue and a raised tail, the two lower flight feathers of the flight silver.

  • District of
    Northwest Mecklenburg
    In a split shield in front in gold at the gap a half-facing black bull's head with silver horns, golden crown, open mouth, silver teeth, a knocked out red tongue and torn neck fur, the edge of which is cut out in an arc shape; behind in blue a standing golden bishop's staff.

  • Landkreis
    Ostvorpommern
    In gold an upright, red-tongued black griffin with a raised tail.

  • District
    Parchim
    are in a gold guardant black bull's head with black horns, closed mouth and a golden crown, of the three clover-shaped prongs visible, a right and a left blue Schrägeck lower blue Schrägeck.


  • Rügen district
    The coat of arms of the Rügen district shows: Divided by gold over blue; above a red crowned and armored black lion with a double tail, which grows out of the stepped gable made of five red stones in the lower field. A people's crown rests on the shield; it consists of a golden hoop adorned with red stones and adorned with five ornamental leaves.

  • Landkreis
    Uecker-Randow
    In silver, a tinted red brick round tower with a flattened pointed roof and two black windows arranged in bars, accompanied: on the right by a gold-armored red griffin, on the right, from a blue wave shield base covered with two silver wave beams, tapering towards the top of a gold-armored red eagle.

literature

  • Göschel, Heinz (Hrsg.): Lexicon cities and coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic. VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie Leipzig 1979.
  • Schütt, Hans-Heinz: On shield and seal. The coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and its municipalities. Schwerin: cw Verlagsgruppe Schwerin 2002. ( ISBN 3-933781-21-3 ) [The book contains all 254 coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania from 2002]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ National Emblem Act, Section 3, Paragraph 3
  2. ↑ National Emblem Act, Section 3 Paragraph 2
  3. ↑ Main statute, Section 1, Paragraph 2 ( Memento of the original dated January 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / rathaus.rostock.de
  4. ↑ Main Statute, Section 1, Paragraph 2
  5. ↑ Main statute § 2, paragraph 1 ( Memento of June 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Main statute § 2, paragraph 1  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.landkreis-demmin.de  
  7. ↑ Main statute § 1 Paragraph 1 ( Memento from November 25, 2004 in the Internet Archive ), approved by a document from the Minister of the Interior of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania of August 16, 1996.
  8. ↑ Main statute, Section 1, Paragraph 3 ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Main statute § 1, Paragraph 2 ( Memento of July 31, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ^ Website of the district ( Memento from October 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ^ Website of the district ( Memento of August 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ Main statute § 2, paragraph 1 (PDF; 205 kB)
  13. ↑ Main statute, § 1, Paragraph 3 ( Memento of the original of July 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bks-mv.de
  14. ↑ Main Statute, Section 2, Paragraph 1
  15. ↑ Main statute, § 2, Paragraph 1 ( Memento of the original of May 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lkuer.de