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Heinz Kippnick
Heinz Kippnick (7 May 1928 – 23 December 2019) was a German graphic designer and Heraldry, heraldist. Biography Kippnick was born in Mikołajki, Nikolaiken, Weimar Republic; on 7 May 1928. During World War II, Kippnick was active in the military which left him wounded. After the war, he settled in Schwerin where he took up an apprenticeship as a Poster artist, poster designer in 1947, which he completed in 1949. He then worked as a poster designer in East Germany until German reunification, reunification. Almost 30% of coats of arms in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were designed or redrawn by him. During the territorial reform in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern of 2011, Kippnick designed the arms of two out of the eight new districts, Ludwigslust-Parchim and Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district), Mecklenburgische Seenplatte. He also designed the arms of Nordwestmecklenburg as it existed before the territorial reform, after which the inclusion of Wismar was necessitated and his original desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikołajki
Mikołajki () is a resort town in Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in north-eastern Poland, with 3,852 inhabitants as of 2017. The town is located near the Śniardwy, the largest lake of both the Masurian Lake District and Poland. It is located in the center of the ethnocultural region of Masuria. History Mikołajki is an old Masurian church town first documented as Nickelsdorf (Sankt Niklas) in 1444 and Niklasdorf in 1493. The name refers to Saint Nicholas (''Mikołaj'' in Polish). Early on, it was part of the State of the Teutonic Order. In 1454 Polish King and Lithuanian Grand Duke Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation, and the Thirteen Years' War broke out. After the war ended in 1466 it was part of Poland, as a fiefdom held by the Teutonic Knights and, from 1525 on, the Duchy of Prussia, founded as a vassal state of Poland. Similar to all of Masuria, it was mainly i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |