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Origin Of The Coats Of Arms Of German Federal States
This is a list of coats of arms of Germany. German Federal States File:Greater coat of arms of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg.svg, Coat of arms of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg File:Coat of arms of Bavaria.svg, Coat of arms of Bavaria File:Coat of arms of Berlin.svg, Coat of arms of Berlin File:Brandenburg Wappen.svg, Coat of arms of Brandenburg File:Bremen greater coat of arms.svg, Coat of arms of Bremen File:DEU Hamburg COA.svg, Coat of arms of Hamburg File:Coat of arms of Hesse.svg, Coat of arms of Hesse File:Coat of arms of Lower Saxony.svg, Coat of arms of Lower Saxony File:Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (great).svg, Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern File:Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westfalia.svg, Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia File:Coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate.svg, Coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate File:Wappen des Saarlands.svg, Coat of arms of Saarland File:Coat of arms of Saxony.svg, Coat of arms of Saxony File:Wappen Sachsen-Anhalt.svg, Coat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full achievement (heraldry), heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest (heraldry), crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to an individual person, family, state, organization, school or corporation. The term itself of 'coat of arms' describing in modern times just the heraldic design, originates from the description of the entire medieval chainmail 'surcoat' garment used in combat or preparation for the latter. Roll of arms, Rolls of arms are collections of many coats of arms, and since the early Modern Age centuries, they have been a source of information for public showing and tracing the membership of a nobility, noble family, and therefore its genealogy across tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Lower Saxony
The coat of arms of the German federal-state of Lower Saxony shows a white Saxon Steed (german: Sachsenross) on a red background. It is used on the flag of Lower Saxony. History According to German folklore the banner of Widukind, the last pagan King of the Old Saxons, was a jumping black horse on a yellow field. After the defeat of Saxony and his conversion to Christianity, the banner was changed to a jumping white horse on a red field. This device was adopted by Henry the Lion, the Duke of Saxony (r. 1142–1180). The Archbishop of Cologne also used the device on his seal for his possessions which were in the former lands of the Saxons. In the 17th century, these territories in Westphalia came into the possession of the House Saxe-Lüneburg which continued the use of this device. The is also found in the arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, Kingdom of Hanover and Duchy of Brunswick and today used in the contemporary arms of the federal-state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the 8th-largest state in Germany by area and the 11th-largest by population. Its capital is Magdeburg and its largest city is Halle (Saale). The state of Saxony-Anhalt was formed in July 1945 after World War II, when the Soviet army administration in Allied-occupied Germany formed it from the former Prussian Province of Saxony and the Free State of Anhalt. Saxony-Anhalt became part of the German Democratic Republic in 1949, but was dissolved in 1952 during administrative reforms and its territory divided into the districts of Halle and Magdeburg. Following German reunification the state of Saxony-Anhalt was re-established in 1990 and became one of the new states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Saxony-Anhalt is renowned for its ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Saxony-Anhalt
The coat of arms of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt represents its historical origins. The land area was formed out of the former Prussian Province of Saxony and the German Free State of Anhalt. The upper part of the coat of arms represents the Province of Saxony with its green crancelin while the lower half shows the bear of the Free State of Anhalt. History File:Wappen Erzbistum Magdeburg.png, Prince-Archbishopric of Magdeburg 1180–1680 File:Shield of the Duchy of Anhalt.svg, Principality (Duchy) of Anhalt-Köthen 1396–1562 and 1603–1853 File:Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Anhalt.svg, Duchy of Anhalt 1806–1918 File:Coat of Arms of Province of Saxony.svg, alt=, Province of Saxony 1816–1918 File:Wappen preussische Provinz Sachsen.svg, Province of Saxony 1919–1944 File:DEU Anhalt 1924-1945 COA.svg, Free State of Anhalt 1918–1945 File:Coat of arms of Saxony-Anhalt 1947-1952.svg, Saxony-Anhalt 1945–1952 Blazon Party per fess, the first barry of ten or and sable, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of , and the sixth most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants. The term Saxony has been in use for more than a millennium. It was used for the medieval Duchy of Saxony, the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Saxony, and twice for a republic. The first Free State of Saxony was established in 1918 as a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. After World War II, it was under Soviet occupation before it became part of the communist East Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Saxony
The coat of arms of the present-day Germany, German States of Germany, free state of Saxony shows a tenfold horizontally-partitioned (''Barry (heraldry), Barry of ten'') field of black (''Sable (heraldry), sable'') and gold/yellow (''Or (heraldry), or'') stripes,Freistaat Sachsen official website Accessed 2009-05-19. charged with a green (''Vert (heraldry), vert'') crancelin (a stylized Ruta graveolens, common rue) running from the viewer's top-left to bottom-right (''in Bend (heraldry), bend''). Although the crancelin is sometimes shown bent (''embowed'') like a crown, this is due to artistic license. The coat of arms is also displayed on the State flag, state flag of Saxony. History The shield "''Variation of the field#Barry, Paly, Bend ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saarland
The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the smallest in population apart from Bremen. SaarbrĂĽcken is the state capital and largest city; other cities include Neunkirchen and Saarlouis. Saarland is mainly surrounded by the department of Moselle ( Grand Est) in France to the west and south and the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany to the north and east; it also shares a small border about long with the canton of Remich in Luxembourg to the northwest. Saarland was established in 1920 after World War I as the Territory of the Saar Basin, occupied and governed by France under a League of Nations mandate. The heavily industrialized region was economically valuable, due to the wealth of its coal deposits and location on the border between France and German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Saarland
This article is about the coat of arms of the German state of Saarland. Description The coat of arms of Saarland is parted per cross: *The first quarter shows the coat of arms of the prince of Nassau-SaarbrĂĽcken, a silver lion with golden crown, between nine crosslets argent. The shield is blue. It represents the town district of SaarbrĂĽcken and the district of Neunkirchen. *The second quarter shows the coat of arms of the prince elector, archbishop of Trier, in Trier. The charge is a red three-dimensional symmetric cross. The arms are advance to the axis. It represents the districts of Merzig-Wadern and St Wendel. *The third quarter shows the coat of arms of the duchy of Lorraine and represents the district of Saarlouis. It shows three silver alerions on a red bend, on a yellow field. *The fourth quarter, the coat of arms of the prince elector Palatinate, represents the Saarpfalz district, which once was part of the Palatinate. The black shield is charged with a yellow li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Worms and Neuwied. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-WĂĽrttemberg and Hesse and by the countries France, Luxembourg and Belgium. Rhineland-Palatinate was established in 1946 after World War II, from parts of the former states of Prussia (part of its Rhineland and Nassau provinces), Hesse (Rhenish Hesse) and Bavaria (its former outlying Palatinate kreis or district), by the French military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 and shared the country's only border with the Saar Protectorate until the latter wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Rhineland-Palatinate
This article is about the coat of arms of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate (german: Rheinland-Pfalz). Overview The state flag and the coat of arms were designed in 1947 after the new ' of ' was formed by the authority of the French High Commissioner to Germany. The flag symbolizes the dedication of Rhineland-Palatinate to Germany (therefore the black-red-gold tricolour) as well as the democratic traditions of Germany. These colours were seen first in this combination during the ', a mass demonstration by German liberals at the ruins of the ' in 1832. The Palatinate is therefore connected to these colours. The coat of arms, an integral part of the state flag, symbolises the three predominant powers in the region before the French Revolution of the late 18th century: * the red cross on silver represents the Archbishop and prince-elector (') of Trier * the silver wheel on red (Wheel of Mainz) represents the Archbishop and prince-elector of Mainz * the crowned golden li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most populous state of Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the List of German states by population density, most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of , it is the List of German states by area, fourth-largest German state by size. North Rhine-Westphalia features 30 of the 81 German municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, including Cologne (over 1 million), the state capital Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Essen (all about 600,000 inhabitants) and other cities predominantly located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest urban area in Germany and the fourth-largest on the European continent. The location of the Rhine-Ruhr at the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of North Rhine-Westphalia
The coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia is the official coat of arms of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Overview After World War II on August 23, 1946 the Allied-occupied Germany#British Zone of Occupation, British military administration in Germany established the new state of North Rhine-Westphalia with the merger of the provinces of Province of Westphalia, Westphalia and Province of North Rhine, North Rhine, the northern part of the Prussian Rhine Province, to which in January 1947 the Free State of Lippe was added. That same year Wolfgang Pagenstecher, a famous German Heraldry, heraldist living in DĂĽsseldorf, made the original blazon for the newly created state, which adopted it on 5 February 1948. On 10 March 1953 this has been confirmed by the ''Law about the state's colours, the state's coat of arms and the state' s flag''. The named law starts as follows: So the constituent three parts of this coat of arms are: *dexter: ''Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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