Municipality of Damshagen (Germany)

Gemeinde Damshagen, Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg, Amt Klützer Winkel, Mecklenburg-Westpomerani

Last modified: 2012-02-10 by german editorial team
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• Flag (2005-2009)
• Coat of Arms (2005-2009)

• County and Municipal Flags (Mecklenburg-Westpomerania / Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
• Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg
• Mecklenburg-Westpomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
• Germany

Flag (2005-2009)

Description of flag(2005-2009):
The ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: [szh11], p.433
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Feb 2012

Coat of Arms (2005-2009)

Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per fess wavy. Above in a golden ( = yellow) field is a black, statant bull. Below in a blue field are all in golden (= yellow) colour a hatch and a lance crossed per saltire with a sugar beet in each quarter.
Meaning:
The bull is taken from the arms of von Plessen kin, owners of the village from 1336 to 1945. The hatch is symbolizing forest clearance by German settlers in the early middle ages. The lance is symbolizing St. Thomas, the local patron saint, who gave the village the name. (Damshagen is derived from Thomashagen.) The beets are smbolizing agriculture and the wavy line is symbolizing a local creek.
Source: [szh11], p.433
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Feb 2012

Flag and coat of arms were approved by minister of interior of Mecklenburg-Westpomerania on 2 May 2005, published in the roll of arms of Mecklenburg-Westpomerania as no. 0298. The symbols became invalid on 7 June 2009.