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Nordwestmecklenburg County (Germany)

Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Last modified: 2020-03-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Nordwestmecklenburg County flag] 2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2020
  • Nordwestmecklenburg County
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    Nordwestmecklenburg County

    The county was established in 1994 by a merger of the former counties of Gadebusch, Grevesmühlen and Wismar. Added were parts of the counties of Sternberg and Schwerin-Land. Due to administrative change in 2011 the county free Hanseatic City of Wismar was added to the county and the seat was changed from Grevesmühlen to Wismar.
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2020

    Nordwestmecklenburg Flag

    It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
    Source: county webpage
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2020

    Nordwestmecklenburg Flag (2006 - 2012)

    [Nordwestmecklenburg County flag 2006] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Mar 2007

    It was a blue-yellow vertical bicolour with centred arms.
    Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.155
    Jörg Majewski, 4 Mar 2007

    Nordwestmecklenburg Coat of Arms

    [Nordwestmecklenburg County CoA]
    image by Jörg Majewski, Klaus-Michael Schneider and Ivan Sache, 25 Mar 2020     		[Nordwestmecklenburg County CoA 19966-2012]
    image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Mar 2007     		   

    Shield parted per pale; at dexter Or, demi-bull's head caboshed and couped per pale Sable, crowned Or and tongued Gules; at sinister barry of four of Argent and Gules a crozier in counterchanged colours in pale (see left image above).
    Meaning:
    The county arms are basically those of the Hanseatic City of Wismar. Just the crozier in counterchanged colours was added. The dexter half had also been part of the old arms of the county, which were abolished in 2012. The bull's head is also representing the Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin as former rulers, while the crozier is representing the Bishopric of Ratzeburg.
    Source: county webpage

    Flag and arms were approved on 15 February 2012 by Minister of Interior of mecklenburg-Vorpommern and adopted on 19 April 2012 by the county council.
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2020

    Nordwestmecklenburg Coat of Arms (1996 - 2012)

    Shield parted per pale; at dexter Or, demi-bull's head caboshed and couped per pale Sable, crowned Or and tongued Gules; at sinister Azure a crozier Or in pale (see right image above).
    Meaning:
    The bull's head is alluding to the Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who ruled the eastern part of the current county. The crozier is taken from the arms of the Bishopric of Ratzeburg, to which the smaller western part historically belonged. The crozier appeared first in the personal arms of Bishop Detlev of Parkentin (1395 - 1419).
    Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.155
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2020

    The flag was approved by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on 10 January 2006, the coat of arms already on 1 July 1996, both published in the roll of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no. 106.
    Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2020