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Rehna Subcounty (Germany)

Amt Rehna, Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Last modified: 2020-03-28 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: rehna(subcounty) | carlow | rehna | schlagsdorf | bear | bull(head) | coronet | cross(latin) | linden |
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[Rehna city flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2012
flag of rehna City, seat of the subcounty See also:

Rehna Subcounty

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


Municipalities without proper Flags

The following municipalities have no proper flags: Dechow, Groß Molzahn, Holdorf, Königsfeld, Rieps, Thandorf, Utecht and Wedendorfersee.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Mar 2020


Carlow Municipality

Carlow Flag


[Carlow municipal flag] 3:5 image by image by Jens Pattke, adapted for FOTW by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Nov 2011

The flag is divided per bend into yellow - blue - yellow. In other words: The sheet is yellow superimposed by rectangular triangles in the lower hoist and upper fly corner. Their height is œ of total height. In the centre of the yellow stripe is the coat of arms.
Source: §1(7) of Hauptsatzung of the municipality of Carlow version 5 January 1999, updated 23 October 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Nov 2011

Carlow Coat of Arms

The shield is blue superimposed by a silver (=white) wavy pale on the dexter side. On the sinister side is a golden (=yellow), rampant bear armed silver(=white) with a collar and a lasso also silver (=white).
Meaning:

Source: §1(6) of Hauptsatzung of the municipality of Carlow version 5 January 1999, updated 23 October 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Nov 2011

The arms were approved on 24 January 2007 and the flag 17 August 2007 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ,both published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.307
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Nov 2011

Rehna City

Rehna Flag

It is a yellow over black horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.176
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2012

Rehna Coat of Arms

In a golden (=yellow) field is a black bull's head caboshed, crowned golden (= yellow), armed silver (=white) and tongued red.
Meaning:
According to source the bull's head is symbolising, that the territory belonged to the Duchy of Mecklenburg since 1348.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.176
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2012

Flag and arms were approved on 2 February 1998 by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.125
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Jan 2012


Schlagsdorf Municipality

Schlagsdorf Flag


[Schlagsdorf municipal flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Feb 2012

It is a red - yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.177
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Feb 2012

Schlagsdorf Coat of Arms

The shield has a base showing waves of blue and silver (= white). The shield is divided per pale. The dexter side shows in a golden (= yellow) field a green branch of linden tree with four leaves. The sinister side shows in a red field a silver (=white) Latin cross topped by a golden (= yellow) coronet.
Meaning:
The number of leaves is the number of former municipalities being nowadays parts of Schlagsdorf. The wavy base is symbolizing water riches. The cross with coronet is alluding to the former Bishopric of Ratzeburg.
Source: Hans-Heinz Schütt:"Auf Schild und Flagge" , Schwerin 2011, p.177
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Feb 2012

Flag and arms were approved on 2 October 2009by Minister of Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and published in the Municipal Roll of Arms Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as no.328.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Feb 2012


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