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Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a yellow - green - yellow vertical triband with ratio 1:2:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the central stripe.
Source: [szh11], p.417
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Jan 2012
Description of coat of arms:
The golden (= yellow) shield is divided by two black bars. The upper bar is superimposed by two golden (= yellow) heraldic roses, the lower bar by just one. The roses as a whole are ordered in an isosceles triangular constellation. The shield has a green, embattled chief.
Meaning:
The field withs bars and roses is taken from the arms of the Eickstedt kin, vassals of the dukes of Pomerania. They had a castle on the border with Brandenburg. The embattled chief is reminding to this important building, from which just one tower and the base have remained till today.
Source: [szh11], p.417
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Jan 2012
Flag and coat of arms were approved by minister of interior of Mecklenburg-Westpomerania on 26 November 1999, published in the roll of arms of Mecklenburg-Westpomerania as no. 0200.