Historical Flags (Mecklenburg, Germany)

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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2:3 (1863/4-1918) (1921-1935 and 1946-1952)
by Marcus Schmöger
Flag adopted by Mecklenburg-Schwerin 23rd December 1863, by Mecklenburg-Strelitz 4th January 1864, abolished 1935, readopted 1946, abolished 1952, readopted as regional flag 1991

• Presentation
• Introduction
• Civil Flag 1863-1935, 1946-1952 and since 1991 (Landesfarben)
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1815-1934
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1815-1934
• Mecklenburg Flags 1918-1935
• Rostock until 1867
• Wismar Historical Flags

See also:

• Hanseatic Cities (Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland)
• Attributed Flags for East and Central German Territories 1950s-1960s
• Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
• Historical Flags (Germany)

Other sites:

• Historical Links of Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania (most in German only) at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Official Website
• Map of Mecklenburg 1701-1815

In the 16th and early 17th centuries the region was recurrently divided into two duchies, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (the west) and Mecklenburg-Güstrow (the east). (...) By the Peace of Westphalia (1648) Sweden acquired Wismar and its environs, which it held until 1803. With the extinction of the Güstrow line in 1695, Mecklenburg was again reunited but was then permanently divided by the Treaty of Hamburg (1701). Most of the territory went to Mecklenburg-Schwerin, while Mecklenburg-Strelitz comprised the principality of Ratzeburg in the northwest and the lordship of Stargard in the southeast. (...) The Congress of Viena in 1814-15 recognized them as grand duchies (...). The Nationalsocialist government in 1934 merged the two states into one Land. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica 1981, vol. VI, p. 742.

Santiago Dotor, 3 October 2000

The house of Mecklenburg was founded by Niklot, prince of the Obotrites, Chizzini and Circipani on the Baltic Sea, who died in 1160. His christian progeny was recognized prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1170 and duke of Mecklenburg 8 July 1348. On 27 February 1658 the ducal house was divided into two branches: Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Theo van der Zalm, 15 June 2001

The traditional flag of Mecklenbur