flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

E301647

civil flag service flag state flag

The flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the official state flag of the northeastern German federal state, featuring horizontal stripes and regional heraldic symbols that represent its historical territories.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Flag of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	1
flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern canonical	1
flag of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2813060 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Context triple: [Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, uses, flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]

A. flag of Baden-Württemberg
The flag of Baden-Württemberg is a horizontal black-over-gold bicolor featuring the state’s coat of arms, symbolizing the German state formed from the historic regions of Baden, Württemberg, and Hohenzollern.
B. Flag of Büllingen
The Flag of Büllingen is the official municipal banner representing the Belgian town of Büllingen in the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
C. Flag of the Grand Duchy of Berg
The Flag of the Grand Duchy of Berg was the official banner of a short-lived Napoleonic-era German state, reflecting its status as a client principality within the French Empire.
D. Flag of Åland
The Flag of Åland is a Nordic cross flag featuring a red cross within a yellow cross on a blue field, symbolizing the autonomous Finnish region’s Swedish heritage and maritime identity.
E. Flag of Friesland
The Flag of Friesland is a distinctive regional banner of the Dutch province of Friesland, featuring blue and white diagonal stripes with red lily-like symbols representing the region’s historical “sea countries.”
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Target entity description: The flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the official state flag of the northeastern German federal state, featuring horizontal stripes and regional heraldic symbols that represent its historical territories.

A. flag of Baden-Württemberg
The flag of Baden-Württemberg is a horizontal black-over-gold bicolor featuring the state’s coat of arms, symbolizing the German state formed from the historic regions of Baden, Württemberg, and Hohenzollern.
B. Flag of Büllingen
The Flag of Büllingen is the official municipal banner representing the Belgian town of Büllingen in the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
C. Flag of the Grand Duchy of Berg
The Flag of the Grand Duchy of Berg was the official banner of a short-lived Napoleonic-era German state, reflecting its status as a client principality within the French Empire.
D. Flag of Åland
The Flag of Åland is a Nordic cross flag featuring a red cross within a yellow cross on a blue field, symbolizing the autonomous Finnish region’s Swedish heritage and maritime identity.
E. Flag of Friesland
The Flag of Friesland is a distinctive regional banner of the Dutch province of Friesland, featuring blue and white diagonal stripes with red lily-like symbols representing the region’s historical “sea countries.”
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil flag ⓘ service flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ
adoptedBy	Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
adoptionYear	1991 ⓘ
belongsTo	group of German state flags ⓘ
civilFlagDesign	horizontal blue-white-yellow-red stripes without coat of arms ⓘ
coatOfArmsDisplayed	coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
containsHeraldicSymbol	bull's head of Mecklenburg ⓘ griffin of Pomerania ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
hasColor	blue ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ
hasDesign	horizontal tricolour with additional stripes ⓘ
hasStripeOrderFromTop	blue ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ
hasStripePattern	five horizontal stripes ⓘ
hasStripeWidth	broad blue stripe ⓘ broad red stripe ⓘ narrow white stripe ⓘ narrow yellow stripe ⓘ
hasVariant	civil flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ service flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ state flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ linked to: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
isRegionalSymbolOf	northeastern Germany ⓘ
legalStatus	official state symbol of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
officialLanguageOfInscription	none ⓘ
proportion	3:5 ⓘ
regulatesUseBy	state law of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
represents	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
serviceFlagDesign	horizontal blue-white-yellow-red stripes with large coat of arms in the center ⓘ
showsOnServiceFlag	bull's head of Mecklenburg ⓘ red griffin of Western Pomerania ⓘ
stateFlagDesign	horizontal blue-white-yellow-red stripes with small coat of arms in the center ⓘ
symbolizes	historical territory of Mecklenburg ⓘ historical territory of Western Pomerania ⓘ unity of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania ⓘ
usedBy	citizens of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ linked to: state government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ linked to: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
usedSince	1991 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern → uses → flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin → flag → Flag of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ⓘ

linked to: flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Coat of arms of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern → usedAlongside → flag of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ