Flag of Mecklenburg–Vorpommern
Flag
The flag of the German state of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern - from top to bottom - ultramarine blue, white, yellow, white and vermilion. The ratio of the widths of the five strips to each other is 4:3:1:3:4. The flag is in the law on the national emblem of the country on 29 January 1991 ( law and ordinances of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern 1991, p 14), as amended by notice of 23 July 1991 ( GVOBl. MV 1991, p 293F. ) specified.
With regard to the selection and order of the colors is a combination of the flags of Mecklenburg ( blue - yellow - red) and Pomerania ( blue - white). The combination also included Blue - White - Red corresponds to the common in the 19th century Mecklenburg merchant flag. Symbolically are the colors for the sea and sky (blue ), fields (yellow) and brick (red).
In addition to the traditional country flag flags can be performed in the two parts of the country.
State service flag
In the State service flag be performed Mecklenburg ( bull's head ) and Pomerania ( gripper ) without the shield crest figures of the two parts of the country. The yellow line is interrupted for it.
Mecklenburg
The Mecklenburg flag that was set on March 26, 1813 by Duke Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg -Schwerin, is horizontally divided evenly in blue, yellow and red gold
Today, it is often found with the bull on a white or golden shield. However, this representation is not correct.
The gold comes from the color of the coat of arms of Mecklenburg main, the blue stands for the 1323 services being rule Rostock and red for the 1358 recovered county Schwerin. Until the 16th century, the black of the bull's head was one of the colors of the national flag.
The definition of the colors in 1813 initially affected the cockades of the uniforms. The order of the colors was finalized with a on December 23, 1863 adopted for Mecklenburg -Schwerin Flag Regulation. The flag remained in this form until 1935 for both parts of the country Mecklenburg valid and has been replaced by the DC circuit by the swastika flag.
In the Constitution of the State of Mecklenburg from 1947 also blue -yellow-red have been established as national colors, the Western Pomeranian region was disregarded. With the administrative reform of 1952, when the countries were restructured in the districts of the GDR, the use of the National Flag was pointless. The private use of the public was suppressed as undesirable.
Vorpommern
The Pomeranian flag is horizontally divided in half in light blue and white. It is located in the Pomeranian Red Cross.
The blue and white flag of today is not related to the colors of the Duchy of Pomerania. 1802 in a cabinet order of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III. wearing a blue interim Rocks instructed the members of the Estates of all Prussian provinces next to the dress uniform. To distinguish between the provinces of different colors of the collar surcharges were assigned. The representatives of the Province of Pomerania were white with gold.
Add a regulation for the organization of the militia of 1813 accounted for the golden embroidery, so that the Pomeranian Landwehr wore a blue uniform with a white collar and a blue baseball cap with white stripe. This uniform is blue and white paint added as the province by generally. In a Cabinet Order of 22 October 1882 Pomeranian colors have been defined and normative. That in the standard set, into the dark trending blue, but continued in general use not where further light blue was preferred.