Keywords: Mecklenburg Wappen 1524.jpg Combined arms of the House of Mecklenburg During the 15th century the Dukes of Mecklenburg gradually acquired the Lordship of Werle and the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Stargard For Werle the bull's head with extended tongue but without the skin in the neck was taken but for Stargard no arms or symbol existed For unknown reasons a woman's arm with a ring was chosen as a symbol to represent Stargard in the new arms The open mouth of the original Mecklenburg bull was changed into a nose-ring and the bull's head of Werle was rotated 45 degrees Illumination 1524 Author This image is in the public domain due to its age PD-old-100 Wappenrecht House of Mecklenburg Marshalled Schwerin inverse |