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Friedland Subcounty (Germany)

Amt Friedland, Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Last modified: 2020-04-29 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Friedland city flag] 3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 29 Apr 2020
flag of friedland City, seat of the subcounty See also:

Friedland Subcounty

The subcounty has no proper symbols.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Apr 2020


Municipalities without proper Flags

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Datzetal Municipality

Datzetal Flag

[Datzetal municipal flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2020

It is a yellow-blue-yellow vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the blue stripe.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, pp.294-295
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2020

Datzetal Coat of Arms

Shield Or parted by a bendlet sinister wavy, in sinister chief an heraldic rose Gules, in dexter base a millwheel Gules with 12 paddles.
Meaning:
The bendlet wavy is representing the Datze, a little river and name giver of the municipality. The millwheel is representing the watermills of Roga and Pleetz in the Datze valley. The rose is taken from the arms of the Bertikow kin, which had inherited the position of a chief functionary (German: Erbmarschall) in the Lordship of Stargard. The family owned the village between 1385 and 1469.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, pp.294-295
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2020

Flag and arms were approved on 14 August 2003 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.283.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2020

Salow Village

Salow Flag

[Salow village flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2020

It was a blue-white-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the white stripe.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.447
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2020

Salow Coat of Arms

Shield Azure a bend Argent, charged with three heraldic roses Gules, in sinister chief and dexter base a millwheel Argent with 12 paddles.
Meaning:
Salow and Sadelkow merged on 1 January 2003 and formed a new municipality named Datzetal. The millwheels are representing the watermills of Roga and Pleetz in the Datze valley. The roses are taken from the arms of the Bertikow kin, which had inherited the position of a chief functionary (German: Erbmarschall) in the Lordship of Stargard. The family owned the village between 1385 and 1469.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.447
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2020

Flag and arms were approved on 27 July 1999 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.193. The symbols abolished on 1 January 2003.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2020


Friedland City

Friedland Flag

It is a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, pp.295-296
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2020

Friedland Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, a throughout double arch Gules with a fleur de lis reversed on the intersection point, topped by three towers Gules masoned Sable, the central one having five embattlements and the others four embattlements, in base tow warriors issuant, dressed Azure, with belt Or, sword Argent hilted Or in bend and lance Argent hafted Or in bend sinister, the sinister lance with a lance pennant parted per fess of Gules and Argent, between the warriors an impending inescutcheon Argent, charged with an eagle Gules.
Meaning:
Friedland was designed, founded and built by the Margraves Johann I and Otto III of Brandenburg on the border with Pommern. Around 1300 it became a possession of theLords of Mecklenburg together with the Lordship of Stargard. The arms were designed according to a city seal with a print from 1343. Arches and towers are symbolising a fortified city. The inescutcheon displays the arms of Brandenburg. The warriors are representing the founders of the city.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, pp.295-296
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2020

The flag was approved on 15 July 1997 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The arms are traditional and were redesigned in 1997. Both were published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.129.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2020


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