Rügen (kreis)

RÜGEN (RÜG)

State : Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Incorporated into : 2011 Vorpommern-Rügen

Official blazon

German	Geteilt von Gold über Blau; oben ein rot gekrönter und bewehrter schwarzer Löwe mit Doppelschweif, der aus dem im unteren Felde befindlichen, aus fünf roten Steinen gebildeten Stufengiebel hervorwächst. Auf dem Schild ruht eine Volkskrone; sie besteht aus einem mit roten Steinen geschmückten goldenen Reifen, der mit fünf ornamentalen Blättern besetzt ist.
English	(kreis) No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on January 18, 1993.

The arms are derived from the 13^th century arms of the Principality of Rügen, with the addition of a crown. The arms were first used around 1200. The meaning of the old arms is not known. After the Princes of Rügen became extinct in 1325, the arms were used as arms for the island and as such incorporated in the large arms of the different rulers of the island.

The arms were also used for the district until 1952, when the use of arms in the DDR was abolished. Only in 1993 the arms were restored.

The arms of the island in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)

---

Literature: Linder and Olzog, 1996.