Last modified: 2020-04-07 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[Klütz city flag]](../images/d/de-nc-02-kl.gif)
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image by Klaus Günther, 2 Apr 2020
flag of Klütz City, seat of the subcounty
The subcounty has no proper symbols
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Mar 2020
The municipality of Hohenkirchen has no proper flag.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Mar 2020
![[Boltenhagen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-nc-02-bh.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus Günther, 2 Apr 2020
It is a blue-yellow-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:4:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the yellow stripe.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2020
Shield Azure, in base a steering wheel Argent with eight spokes, flanked above by two maple leaves Or, in chief two mattocks Or in saltire.
Meaning:
The mattocks are symbolising that the place was created by forest clearance. They are also representing agriculture as important business line. The wheel is symbolising shipping, tourism and fishery. The elaves are representing the primeval forest of Tarnewitz, where field maples (Latin: Acer campestre) are the predominant species of trees.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2020
The arms were approved on 19 May 2014 and the flag on 8 August 2016 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Both were published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.353
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2020
![[ flag]](../images/d/de-nc-02-dh.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Feb 2012
It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.433
Klaus-Michael Schneider,, 5 Feb 2012
Shield parted per fess wavy. Above in a golden (=yellow) field ia black, statant bull. below in a blue field , all in golden (=yellow) colour, a hatch and a lance crossed per saltire with a sugar beet in each quarter.
Meaning:
The bull is taken from the arms of von Plessen kin, owners of the village from 1336 to 1945. The hatch is symbolising forest clearance by German settlers in the early middle ages. The lance is symbolising St. Thomas, the local patron saint, who gave the village the name. (Damshagen is derived from Thomashagen.) The beets are symbolising agriculture and the wavy line is symbolising a local creek.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.433
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Feb 2012
Flag and arms were approved on 2 May 2005 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.298. The symbols were abolished on 7 June 2009.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,5 Feb 2012
![[Kalkhorst municipal flag]](../images/d/de-nc-02-ka.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2012
It is a yellow over blue horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.168
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2012
In a blue field is a silver (= white) boat over silver (= white) waves. The boat is topped by crossed golden (=yellow) gable shelves ending in horseheads.
Meaning:
According to source the shelves are symbolising the Lower Saxonian farmhouses in the village, the boat is symbolising the location on the shores of the Baltic Sea. It is also a symbol of the von Both kin, former local rulers.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.168
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2012
Flag and arms were approved on 25 March 2004 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.289
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2012
It is a green-yellow-green horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:9:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the yellow stripe.
Source: image provided per email by Klaus Günther on 2 April 2020
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2020
Shield Vert, an owl statant on a pair of embowed linden branches Or with four leaves each, in chief two linden branches Or in saltire with three leaves each.
Meaning:
In 1943 arms were approved, displaying on a goldn shield a green eradicated oak. The shield was parted by an abased white fess charged with seven green oak leaves, above was in a golden field an owl couchant proper (i.e. brown), beneath in red field a black key in bend. These arms didn't match heraldic rules. Furthermore they erroneously assumed, that the name of the municipality was derived from "key". In the current arms the owl is alluding to the nickname as owls' eyrie, due to the many owls around the city. The branches are symbolising the alleyways flanked by lindens in the park of Bothmer Estate.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.169
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2020
The arms were approved on 2 April 1997 and the flag on 3 December 2012 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Both were published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.123
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2020
![[Zierow municipal flag]](../images/d/de-nc-02-zi.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Feb 2012
It is a blue-yellow blue vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the central stripe.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.184
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Feb 2012
The blue shield has a silver (= white) base separated by a wavy line. The base is superimposed by five green leaves of linden tree ordered 3:2. In the blue field is a golden (= yellow) prancing horse. On the sinister chief point is a silver (= white) blossom having six petals and seeded by another 16 petals.
Meaning:
The base wavy is symbolising the location on the shores of the Baltic Sea. The leaves are symbolising a local alleyway of linden trees. The horse is symbolising horse breeding and -riding. Finally the blossom is the image of an endemic species found on the territory of the municipality.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.184
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Feb 2012
Flag and arms were approved on 5 January 1998 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.146
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Feb 2012
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