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Gnoien Subcounty (Germany)

Amt Gnoien, Landkreis Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Last modified: 2020-03-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Gnoien city flag] 3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 29 Aug 2011
flag of Gnoien City, seat of the subcounty See also:

Gnoien Subcounty

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

Municipalities without proper Flags

The following municipalities have no proper flags: Altkalen, Behren-Lübchin, Finkenthal and Walkendorf.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Mar 2020

Gnoien City

Gnoien Flag

It is a yellow - blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms (version 1997) is in the centre of the flag.
Source: Erwin Günther: "Kommunalflaggen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1)", published in "Flaggenkurier, Nr. 7/8", p.16-29, edited by DGF
Klaus-Michael Schneider,29 Aug 2011

Gnoien former Flag (1990- 1997)

[Gnoien flag(1990-1997)] 3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 29 Aug 2011
The flag was quarterly divided into blue and yellow. The coat of arms (version 1858) was in the centre of the flag.
Source: Erwin Günther: "Kommunalflaggen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1)", published in "Flaggenkurier, Nr. 7/8", p.16-29, edited by DGF
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2011

Gnoien Coat of Arms

The shield is divided per pale. The dexter side shows in a golden (= yellow) field a half, black bull's head armed silver (= white) and crowned golden (= yellow). The sinister side shows in a blue field a half silver (= white) fleur de lis with a clover stem of the same colour coming out of the flower. In the new version both sides were exchanged.
Meaning:
The bull's head is taken from the arms of Mecklenburg or they are alluding to the Lordship of Werle-Güstrow.
Source: Erwin Günther: "Kommunalflaggen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1)", published in "Flaggenkurier, Nr. 7/8", p.16-29, edited by DGF
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2011

The coat of arms was granted on 10 April 1858 by Grand-Duke Friedrich Franz II. Flag and arms were approved on 22 May 1997 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.118.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2011

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