Coat_of_arms_of_Hesse

Coat of arms of Hesse

Coat of arms of Hesse

Coat of arms of the German state of Hesse

The coat of arms of the German state of Hesse was introduced in 1949. It is based on the historical coat of arms of the Ludovingian landgraves of Hesse and Thuringia. The lion on the modern arms does not wear a crown or hold a sword, as it does on the arms of the Grand Duchy.[1]

Quick Facts Armiger, Shield ...

History

  • The Ludovingian lion barry in the Ingeram Codex of 1459, given as the coat of arms of the landgraves of Hesse and Thuringia
  • Coat of arms of the landgrave of Hesse in Siebmacher's Wappenbuch (1703)[2]
  • Lesser coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, using the coat of arms of the duchy itself, with the crown of a Grand Duchy and two lions as supporters (1806 to 1918)
  • Greater coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1902
  • The coat of arms of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau
  • Design by Gerhard Matzat (1949)

References

  1. [1]
    "Bedeutung und wappengeschichtliche Herkunft | Informationsportal Hessen". www.hessen.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  2. [2]
    Siebmacher, Johann (1703). Erneuertes und vermehrtes Wappenbuch... Nürnberg: Adolph Johann Helmers. pp. Part I Table 8.

See also

Stub icon

This heraldry-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This Germany-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Coat_of_arms_of_Hesse, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.