Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
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Armiger | Government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
Adopted | 1990 |
Shield | Quarterly. One and four Or, a bull's head erased Sables, langued Gules, horned Argent, crowned Or. Two Argent a griffin segreant 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. |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a state of Germany. 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.