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Plön County (Germany)

Kreis Plön, Schleswig-Holstein

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[Plön county flag] image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Dec 2007 See also:

Plön County

The Kreis Plön / Plön county has an area of 1.082,57 km2, with a population of 135.000. It consists of 86 municipalities: 3 cities, 7 separate municicipalities / amtsfreie Gemeinden, and 7 Ämter* with 76 municipalities.
*An "Amt" is a combination of several municipalities into an administrative community.

Plön County arms

[Plön county CoA] image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Dec 2007
granted 25 Oct 1948

PLÖN
Origin/meaning:
The arms were granted on November 22, 1948.
The arms showin the middle the nettle-leaf of Holstein, as the district is in the former Duchy of Holstein. The many forests and the importance of agriculture are symbolised by the leaf and ear. The lower part symbolises the many lakes as well as the Baltic Sea coast.
Literature : Stadler,1964-1971, 8 volumes; Reissmann, 1997.
Source: Ralf Hartemink.