Wismar coat of arms

Hanseatic City of Wismar State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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" Coat of arms: The coat of arms shows in silver over a blue corrugated shield foot, in it three (2: 1) silver fish, the upper one facing, the lower one turned to the left, a red cog swimming to the left with two silver stripes along the deck line, gold-studded oar and gold Bowsprit; on the mast a golden paw cross tip, underneath a flag waving to the left, twice longitudinally striped by silver and red, a golden masthead and a golden shield, this topped with a pointing black bull's head with silver horns, golden crown, open mouth, knocked out red tongue and torn off Neck-fur, which is cut out in the shape of an arch and shows seven points; on the bow of the cog a natural seagull turned to the left. ¹ " " Signet (small coat of arms): The earlier, former coat of arms of the city of Wismar - split, on the right in gold a half-facing black bull's head with silver horns, golden crown, open mouth, knocked out red tongue and torn neck fur at the crack; left four cross bands of the same width of silver and red. ² " Mast flag White-red of the Hanseatic League
Basic data
Introduction:	1995
Legal basis:
Supporting documents:	...
Changes:	1918, 1995
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¹ Main Statute of the Hanseatic City of Wismar : §1, Paragraph 2 ² Main Statute of the Hanseatic City of Wismar: §1, Paragraph 3

The coat of arms of the Hanseatic city of Wismar shows the Hanseatic cog with the bull's head from the Mecklenburg family coat of arms. Heraldically , the red and white flag of the Hanseatic League is integrated. The coat of arms is carried by the citizens of the Hanseatic city .

The bull's head is also used as a signet . This historically older coat of arms is also introduced. It may be used by anyone as a public domain coat of arms.

history

The city's oldest seal from 1250 shows the cog and a sign with a bull's head on the mast. The ship points out the importance of trade in the Hanseatic and port city, the fish below that of fishing. The seagull did not appear on the seal until the 14th century, its meaning or attribution is not known. The sign on the mast points to the Duchy of Mecklenburg , to which the city belonged early on.

1250
14th century

Until 1918 the coat of arms of the city was the small coat of arms with the bull's head and the red and white stripes from the flag of Wismar. From 1918 the old seal was used as a coat of arms, in this case with a blue field, which is silver from 1995.

Current coat of arms

Today's coat of arms was recognized by the Ministry of the Interior on June 30, 1994 and registered under number 27 of the coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The main statute of the Hanseatic City of Wismar emblazoned the coat of arms as follows: “The coat of arms shows in silver over a blue corrugated shield base, in it three (2: 1) silver fish, the upper one facing, the lower one turned to the left, a red cog floating to the left with two silver stripes along the deck line, gold-studded rudder and gold bowsprit ; on the mast a golden paw cross tip , underneath a flag waving to the left, twice longitudinally striped by silver and red, a golden masthead and a golden shield, this topped with a pointing black bull's head with silver horns, golden crown, open mouth, knocked out red tongue and torn off Neck-fur, which is cut out in the shape of an arch and shows seven points; on the bow of the cog a natural seagull turned to the left . "

Furthermore, it says about the signet : “The earlier, former coat of arms of the city of Wismar - split, on the right in gold a half-facing black bull's head with silver horns, golden crown, open mouth, knocked out red tongue and torn neck fur at the crack; left four cross bands of the same width of silver and red - may be used as a coat of arms (signet) ”.