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Dorf Mecklenburg Bad Kleinen Subcounty (Germany)

Amt Dorf Mecklenburg Bad Kleinen, Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Last modified: 2020-04-03 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Metelsdorf municipal flag] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2020
flag of Dorf Mecklenburg Municipality seat of the subcounty See also:

Dorf Mecklenburg Bad Kleinen Subcounty

The subcounty has no proper symbols
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Mar 2020

Municipalities without proper Flags

The following municipalities have no proper flags: Bad Kleinen, Barnekow, Bobitz, Dorf Mecklenburg, Groß Stieten, Hohen Viecheln, Lübow and Ventschow.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Mar 2020

Dorf Mecklenburg Municipality

Dorf Mecklenburg Flag

It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: image provided by email by Klaus Günther on 2 Apr 2020
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2020

Dorf Mecklenburg Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess; above Gules, on top of a wall Argent a castle Argent with three towers with cone roofs, beneath Or a bull's head caboshed Sable, crowned Or, armed Argent and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The village, 6 km south of Wismar is the cradle of Mecklenburg and seat of a castle of the Obotrites tribe. It is first mentioned in 995 by Emperor Otto III as Michelenburg (= Michael's castle). It became seat of a Bishopric in the 12th century. But the castle was burnt down in 1160 and the seat of the bishopric moved to Schwerin. The castle had been rebuilt until 1176 and was main seat of Prince Pribislaw. His family was since then named by its seat, which was however transformed to nearby Wismar in 1256. Since then the castle declined and near the castle a fairly unimportant village developed. Mecklenburg was among those villages, which were pawned to the Electorate of Hannover from 1734 until 1766. The arms display the arms of Mecklenburg beneath and the upper half is referring to the old castle.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.159
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2020

The arms were approved on 21 November 1991, the flag on 9 August 2012 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.7.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2020

Metelsdorf Municipality

Metelsdorf Flag

[Metelsdorf municipal flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2012

It is a red over white over red horizontal triband. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.173
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2012

Metelsdorf Coat of Arms

The shield is divided per pale. The dexter side shows a half red wheel with 5 spokes in a silver (= white) field. The sinister side shows four silver (=white) drops ordered 1:2:1 in a blue field.
Meaning:
According to source the wheel is taken from the arms of von Stralendorf kin, having been former rulers for a while. The sinister side is symbolising a local fountain, which supplied nearby Wismar with drinking water. The number of drops is symbolising the former municipalities of Klüssendorf, Martensdorf, Metelsdorf and Schulenbrook.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.173
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2012

Flag and arms were approved on 20 April 1999 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.186.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2012

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