Stargarder Land Subcounty (Germany)

Amt Stargarder Land, Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Last modified: 2020-05-01 by klaus-michael schneider
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Stargarder Land Subcounty

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

Municipalities without proper Flags

The following municipalities have no proper flags: Groß Nemerow, Holldorf, Lindetal and Pragsdorf.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Apr 2020

Burg Stargard City

Burg Stargard Flag

It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms without shield is in the middle of the white stripe.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.292
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jan 2012

Burg Stargard Coat of Arms

Shield Argent an eagle Gules armed and tongued Or.
Meaning:
The red eagle, in this case a version without cloverstems, is that one of the Margraves of Brandenburg. They gained Stargard from the Dukes of Pommern in 1236. The margraves erected a fortified castle between 1248 and 1271 in order to protect the crossroads from Hamburg to Pommern and from Lychen to the Baltic shores. Protected by the fortification next to the Slavic settlement of Stargard (=old town) there arose a German settlement, which gained city rights in 1259 granted by Margrave Otto III. of Brandenburg. Already in 1300 the region became a possession of the Dukes of Mecklenburg, who were temporarily residing here from 1352 to 1603.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.292
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jan 2012

Flag and arms were approved on 21 November 2003 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.214.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jan 2012

Cölpin Municipality

Cölpin Flag

It is a white monocolour with centred arms.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, pp.293-294
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 May 2020

Cölpin Coat of Arms

Shield Gules with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a swan najant Argent armed and tongued Or, in chief three beakers Or in fess with closure heads.
Meaning:
The swan is canting, alluding to the meaning of the Slavic name "Kolp" (=swan). The base wavy is representing the local waters. The beakers are taken from the family arms of the Dewitz kin. The family owned estates around Cölpin since the 13th century and in Cölpin since 1417. Stephan Werner of Dewitz (1726 - 1800), a chief privy councillor of both Mecklenburgian duchies in the 1780ies, built a mansion in Cölpin and restored the local parish church.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, pp.293-294
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 May 2020

The flag was approved 14 October 2008 and the arms were approved on 14 August 2007 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.316
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 May 2020

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