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Heinz Kippnick
German graphic designer and heraldist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Heinz Kippnick (7 May 1928 – 23 December 2019) was a German graphic designer and heraldist.
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Kippnick was born in Nikolaiken, Weimar Republic; on 7 May 1928.[1] 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 designer in 1947, which he completed in 1949.[2] He then worked as a poster designer in East Germany until reunification.
Almost 30% of coats of arms in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were designed or redrawn by him.[3][4] During the territorial reform in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern of 2011, Kippnick designed the arms of two out of the eight new districts, Ludwigslust-Parchim[5] and Mecklenburgische Seenplatte.[6] 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 design was thus altered.
He was a member of the Federation of Visual Artists in the GDR, which merged into the Association of German Artists after reunification, since 1952.[7]
Kippnick was responsible for managing the state guest book of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern from 1991 until his death in late 2019.[8]
The last coat of arms Kippnick designed was that of the municipality Priepert.[9] He died on 23 December 2019 in Schwerin at the age of 91.[1][10][11]
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Selected works
Coats of arms
This is a selection of arms designed by Kippnick. For more, see: Coats of arms by Heinz Kippnick.
Nordwestmecklenburg (until 2011)
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Flags
This is a selection of flags designed by Kippnick. For more, see: Flags by Heinz Kippnick.
Posters
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