Heinz Kippnick
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Heinz Kippnick | |
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 Family crest designed by Kippnick | |
| Born | March 7, 1928 |
| Died | December 23, 2019 (aged 91) |
| Occupation | Graphic designer |
| Years active | 1947–2019 |
Heinz Kippnick (7 May 1928 – 23 December 2019) was a German graphic designer and heraldist.
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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