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![[Gielow flag]](../images/d/de-mt-gi.gif) 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jan 2012
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jan 2012 
Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a yellow flag. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag. 
Source: [szh11], p.284 
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jan 2012 
Description of coat of arms:
In a green shield is a golden (=yellow) horseshoe surrounding an upright crozier of the same colour.
Meaning:
The horseshoe is symbolizing craftsmen and farming. The (shortened) crozier is symbolizing, that the village for more than 400 years belonged to the Cistercian monastery having the same name.
Source: [szh11], p.284 
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Jan 2012 
Flag and coat of arms were approved by minister of interior of Mecklenburg-Westpomerania on 3 July 2003, published in the roll of arms of Mecklenburg-Westpomerania as no. 0279.