Heinz Kippnick (7 May 1928 – 23 December 2019) was a German

graphic designer A graphic designer is a practitioner who follows the discipline of graphic design, either within companies or organizations or independently. They are professionals in design and visual communication, with their primary focus on transforming ...

and

heraldist Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, Imperial, royal and noble ranks, rank and genealo ...

Biography

Kippnick was born in Nikolaiken,

Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was the German Reich, German state from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclai ...

; 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 Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Low German: ''Swerin''; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Zwierzyn''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germ ...

where he took up an

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as a poster designer in 1947, which he completed in 1949. He then worked as a poster designer in

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

until

reunification A political union is a type of political entity which is composed of, or created from, smaller politics or the process which achieves this. These smaller polities are usually called federated states and federal territories in a federal govern ...

. Almost 30% of coats of arms in

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

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 Ludwigslust-Parchim is a district in the west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The district seat is Parchim, a branch office of the administration is located in Ludwigslust. After Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, it is the second-biggest distri ...

and

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte The Mecklenburg Lake Plateau or Mecklenburg Lakeland
- Federal Ministry of Economics ...

. He also designed the arms of

Nordwestmecklenburg Nordwestmecklenburg (''Northwestern Mecklenburg'') is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on Schleswig-Holstein to the west. Neighboring di ...

as it existed before the territorial reform, after which the inclusion of

Wismar Wismar (; ), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar () is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city of Mecklenburg after Rostock, Schwerin and ...

was necessitated and his original design was thus altered. He was a member of the , which merged into the Association of German Artists after reunification, since 1952. Kippnick was responsible for managing the state guest book of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern from 1991 until his death in late 2019. The last coat of arms Kippnick designed was that of the municipality

Priepert Priepert is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the River Havel between the lakes of Großer Priepertsee and Ellbogensee Ellbogensee (German, 'Elbow Lake') is a lake ...

. He died on 23 December 2019 in

at the age of 91.

Selected works

Coats of arms

This is a selection of arms designed by Kippnick. For more, see: Coats of arms by Heinz Kippnick. File:Wappen Alt Bukow.svg, Alt Bukow File:Wappen Bastorf.svg, Bastorf File:DEU Dahmen COA.svg,

Dahmen Dahmen is a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and t ...

File:Wappen Vielist.svg, Vielist File:Wappen Glasin.png,

Glasin Glasin is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Geography The municipality of Glasin borders on the district of Rostock in the east. It is located in an end moraine area, which extends from ...

File:DEU Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim COA.svg,

File:DEU Nordwestmecklenburg COA till 2011.svg,

(until 2011) File:Wappen Mecklenburgische Seenplatte.svg,

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte The Mecklenburg Lake Plateau or Mecklenburg Lakeland
- Federal Ministry of Economics ...

File:Wappen Pinnow (Mecklenburg).svg, Pinnow File:Wappen Muchow.svg,

Muchow Muchow is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Geography and transport links The parish which is surrounded by fields lies in a sparsely populated region ten kilometres southeast of Neustadt-Gl ...

File:DEU Wulkenzin COA.svg, Wulkenzin File:Priepert Wappen.jpg,

Flags

This is a selection of flags designed by Kippnick. For more, see: Flags by Heinz Kippnick. File:Flagge Boizenburg Elbe.svg,

Boizenburg Boizenburg (, ) is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, west of Ludwigslust, northeast of Lüneburg and east of Hamburg. It is part of the ...

File:Flagge Dömitz.svg,

Dömitz Dömitz () is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe The Elbe ( ; ; or ''Elv''; Upper Sorbian, Upper and , ) is one of the major rivers of C ...

File:Flagge Grabow.svg,

Grabow Grabow () is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The town lies southeast of Ludwigslust, the next city, and has the river Elde passing through its old town which is characterized by 16th century tim ...

File:Flagge Lübesse.svg,

Lübesse Lübesse is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to th ...

File:Flagge Techentin.svg, Techentin File:DEU Kemnitz Flag.svg,

Kemnitz Kemnitz is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to ...

File:Flagge Lübtheen.svg,

Lübtheen Lübtheen () is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 28 km west of Ludwigslust, and 37 km southwest of Schwerin. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. P ...

File:Hissflagge des Landkreises Mecklenburgische Seenplatte.png,

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte The Mecklenburg Lake Plateau or Mecklenburg Lakeland
- Federal Ministry of Economics ...

Posters

* ''Eltern achtet darauf'' (1950s) * ''Landwirtschafts- und Gartenbauausstellung Schwerin'' (1957) * ''Qualität geht jeden an!'' (1980)

References

External links

Profile
on the Association of German Artists website {{DEFAULTSORT:Kippnick, Heinz German heraldists German poster artists German graphic artists German printmakers East German designers 20th-century German male artists 21st-century German male artists People from East Prussia People from Schwerin 1928 births 2019 deaths