Nordwestmecklenburg

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NORDWESTMECKLENBURG (NWM)

State : Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Additions : 1994 Gadebusch, Grevesmühlen, Wismar (district); 2011 Wismar (city)

Wappen von Nordwestmecklenburg / Arms of Nordwestmecklenburg

Official blazon
German
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 1, 1996.

The bull's head is derived from the arms of Mecklenburg. The crosier symbolises the diocese, later Principality, of Ratzeburg, as well as the diocese of Schwerin.