The shield is divided by a silver (= white) pale wavy. The smaller sinister side is plain red. The dexter side is green displaying a silver (= white) flower with a green core and three silver (= white) sepals.
Meaning:
The pale wavy is symbolising the Au, a local creek. The flower is taken from the arms of the von Stowe family, the first owners of the village. The flower might also allude to the name, a Slavic word meaning "Blumenau", i.e. flowery meadow.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online

Flag and arms were approved on 23 July 2007. The artist is Wolfgang Bentin from Kastorf.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

Mechow Municipality

Mechow Municipal Flag

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image by Jörg Majewski, 29 Aug 2006

It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

Mechow Municipal Coat of Arms

At the bottom of the golden (= yellow) shield is a red bridge masoned silver (= white). The bridge is crowned by two green willow trees, which are blue on flag.
Meaning:
The bridge is connecting Mechow with Schlagsdorf in Mecklenburg. It is the only one of five similar bridges left. The willows are symbolising basketry, an important business line in the past.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.237

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 28 January 1994. The artist is Siegbert Herbst from Bäk.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

Mustin Municipality

Mustin Municipal Flag

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2020

It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2020

Mustin Municipal Coat of Arms

Shield parted enhanced per bend, above left Sable a horsehead Or, beneath Or to water lily leaves Vert in bend under a crancelin of the same.
Meaning:
The horsehead displays the arms of the Duchy of Lauenburg in its proper tinctures during the Danish rule between 1816 and 1864. The tinctures of green and yellow and the crancelin are alluding to the rule of the Dukes of Saxony from the Askanian kin until 1689. The leaves are representing local lakes
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.247

The flag was approved on 25 March 2013. The arms were approved on 23 February 1996. The artists are Siegbert Herbst and Wolfgang Schmoll.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2020

Pogeez Municipality

Pogeez Municipal Flag

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2013

It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

Pogeez Municipal Coat of Arms

The shield is divided by a silver (= white) bendlet into green over blue. Above left is a silver (= white) wheel. Below left are three sailing boats of the same colour superimposing one another.
Meaning:
The green colour is symbolising wood and agriculture. The blue colour is symbolising the Ratzeburg Lake. The bendlet is symbolising federal road and railway line crossing the village. The wheel is symboloizing the trade on the old salt road. The boats are symbolising sailing.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 12 April 2005. The artist is Christiane Füllner from Pogeez.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

Salem Municipality

Salem Municipal Flag

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2020

It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2020

Salem Municipal Coat of Arms

Shield parted abased per fess wavy, above Or a sword issuant Azure, beneath Azure a water lily blossom Argent between two leaves Or.
Meaning:
The Knights of Salem had been local rulers since 1190. The sword is alluding to this kin and displayed partially, as the kin had become extinct. The water lily is referring to two urban legends, first to a monk, who drowned in the surrounding lake Plötzensee, second to a fair lady, who sometimes appears impending over a blossom of water lily.
Source: Reißmann 1997, p.295

The flag has never been approved officially. The arms were approved on 21 June 1989. The artist is Siegbert Herbst from Bäk.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2020

Schmilau Municipality

Schmilau Municipal Flag

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image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2013

It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

Schmilau Municipal Coat of Arms

The shield is divided into green over blue by a broad, silver (= white) bend sinister wavy. Above right is a golden (= yellow) baptistery. Below left is a millwheel of the same colour.
Meaning:
The baptistery is more than 800 years old and one of the biggest in northern Germany. The wheel is symbolising the paper mill from the 16th century, the cornmill and the restaurant "Farchauer Mühle", finally the hydroelectric power station from 1925. The bend is symbolysing the Schaalsee-Canal.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 14 July 2009. The artist is Wolfgang Bentin from Kastorf.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

Seedorf Municipality

Seedorf Municipal Flag

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image by Jörg Majewski, 14 Sep 2006

It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

Seedorf Municipal Coat of Arms

In the silver (= white) shield on the dexter side there is a green tree with black stem. On the sinister side is a nose-diving kingfisher in natural colours. The shield has a blue base wavy superimposed by two silver (= white) stones spotted red. Above the stones is a silver (= white) whitefish.
Meaning:
The tree is symbolising the splendid nature around the Schaalsee, a deep lake with clear water, a good environment for whitefish and kingfishers. The blue colour is symbolising the lake. The stones are taken from a legend. The devil tried to build a bridge across the lake. During the action he struggled with his granny, threw two stones against her head. The stones covered with blood sank down to the ground. The bridge was never finished. Just the place has the name devil's bridge.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 13 December 2005. The artist is Siegbert Herbst from Bäk.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

Sterley Municipality

Sterley Municipal Flag

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image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Feb 2013

It is an armorial flag (banner of arms).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

Sterley Municipal Coat of Arms

On the green shield is a silver (= white), sinister bendy sword flanked by two linden leaves of the same colour. The shield has a golden (= yellow) chief embattled superimposed by a blue key.
Meaning:
The sword is a canting element. The name of the village is of Slavic origin and denotes a target range and is alluding to the existence of an arrowsmith or armourer. The leaves are representing the alleyway of lindens at Kogel Manor. The key belongs to the church from the 13th century, made of boulder. The number of pinnacles is symbolising the settlement cores of Sterley, Neu-Sterley, Gut Kogel (manor) and Siedlung Kogel (settlement).
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 11 December 2009. The artist is Wolfgang Bentin from Kastorf.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

Ziethen Municipality

Ziethen Municipal Flag

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image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Oct 2008

It is a yellow flag. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

Ziethen Municipal Coat of Arms

image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Oct 2008

The shield is divided by a silver (= white) barrulet wavy into blue over red. Above are three golden (= yellow) reed maces. Below right is a silver (= white) cross Latin topped by a golden (= yellow) coronet. Below left is a silver (= white) horsehead.
Meaning:
The name is of Slavic origin meaning "reed mace". The maces are thus canting. Their number is symbolisingthe settlement cores of Ziethen proper, Wietingsbek and Sande. Cross and coronet are the symbols of the Principality of Ratzeburg. The horsehead is the symbol of the Duchy of Lauenburg and of the current county. Ziethen belonged to Mecklenburg until 1945, when the British and the Soviet occupation forces signed a barter agreement. The colours are those of the arms of Schleswig-Holstein.
Source: Municipal Roll of Arms Schleswig-Holstein Online

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 19 March 2007. The artist is Maren Gülzow, Horst Michaelis and Peter Radons.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2013

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