Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Versions
Lesser coat of arms
Details
Armiger	Government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Adopted	1990
Escutcheon	Quarterly. One and four Or, a bull's head erased Sables, langued Gules, horned Argent, crowned Or. Two Argent a griffin rampant left, armed Or. Three Argent an eagle Gules armed and beaked Or, langued Gules. The wings charged with a trefoil Or.
Use	Great arms for use by parliament and superior state authorities, lesser arms for lower state authorities.

This article is about the coat of arms of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The greater arms of the state depict the bull's head of Mecklenburg, the griffin of Pomerania, and the red eagle of Brandenburg. The lesser arms depict only the bull's head of Mecklenburg and the griffin of Pomerania. It should be compared with the arms of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, predecessor states, along with the Duchy of Pomerania with a more complex full set of arms.

The Pomeranian griffin is also used in the neighbouring West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland, and a griffin in other tinctures is used by the Pomeranian Voivodeship further east in Poland.

Parts

Mecklenburg	Pomerania	Brandenburg

See also

• Coat of arms of Prussia
• Coat of arms of Germany
• Origin of the coats of arms of German federal states.

References

• "The State Coats of Arms". Government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.