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List Of Honorary Citizens Of Berlin
Recipients of the honorary citizenship of Berlin (german: Ehrenbürger von Berlin), in order of date of presentation. In total 119 people have been awarded honorary citizenship. 1813-1850 # Konrad Gottlieb Ribbeck # Heinrich Falckenberg #Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher # Ernst Ludwig Heim # Ludwig Matthias Nathanael Gottlieb von Brauchitsch # Friedrich von Schuckmann # Carl Friedrich Ludwig von Gontard # Friedrich Hansmann # Carl Friedrich Heinrich Graf von Wylich und Lottum # Heinrich von Gerlach #Friedrich August von Staegemann # Ludwig Wilhelm Neumann #Nicholas I of Russia # Johann Philipp von Ladenberg # Karl Albert von Kamptz # Gustav von Rauch # Friedrich Magnus von Bassewitz #Karl Freiherr von Müffling #Hermann von Boyen # Carl Streckfuß # Johann Christian Krüger # Ludwig von Borstell # Johann David Heegewaldt # Carl August Alsleben # Eugen von Puttkammer # Christian von Rother #Heinrich von Gagern #Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg #Friedrich Graf von Wrangel 1851- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Berlin
The coat of arms of Berlin is used by the German city state as well as the city itself. Introduced in 1954 for West Berlin, it shows a black bear on a white shield. On top of the shield is a special crown, created by the amalgamation of the mural crown of a city with the so-called people's crown (), used in Germany to denote a republic. Berlin's various boroughs use their own emblems. The bear has been used as a charge in the Berlin coat of arms since 1709, formerly alongside the eagles of Brandenburg and Prussia. A bear occurs on seals, coins and signet rings from as early as the late 12th century (but not as heraldic charge before 1709), presumably due to a canting association with the city's name. History The oldest preserved and known seal of Berlin is from 1253. It depicts the Brandenburg Eagle spreading its wings in a clover-shaped archway. The text on the seal is "" (seal of Berlin's citizens). It supposedly was the seal of Berlin's first mayor Marsilius. A later seal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
