Schwaan

	SCHWAAN Country : Germany State : Mecklenburg-Vorpommern District (Kreis) : Rostock (until 2011 Güstrow) Amt:Amt Schwaan Additions: 1999 Bandow

Official blazon
German	In Blau ein rechts gekehrter silberner Schwan mit goldenem Schnabel und goldenen Füßen und mit goldener Krone um den Hals.
English	blazon wanted

The arms were officially granted on April 10, 1858 and again on September 14, 1940.

The arms simply show a canting swan.

Literature: Bensing, et al 1985

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