Last modified: 2020-04-07 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[Zingst municipal flag]](../images/d/de-vr-zi.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Feb 2012
It is a white flag having a blue bordure. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Feb 2012
The shield is divided per fess wavy, above divided per pale. Above right in a blue field is a golden (= yellow) trident. Above left in a silver (= white) field are three silhouettes of black cranes ordered more or less vertically. Below in a golden (= yellow) field is a red, rampant griffin, armed golden (=yellow) and holding a silver (= white) anchor in his claws.
Meaning:
The griffin is symbolising that the municipality belongs to Vorpommern. The anchor is symbolising shipping and fishery in the past. The wavy line and the trident are symbolising the location on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Finally the cranes are symbolising the national park Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft, being shelter and sanctuary for many migrant birds.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.353
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2020
Flag and arms were approved on 16 March 1994 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.16. In local Hauptsatzung/, version 1 January 2002 no flag is mentioned.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Feb 2012
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