Coat of arms of Saxony
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| Coat of arms of Saxony | |
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| Armiger | Saxony State Parliament |
| Adopted | Current constitution (1991) |
| Escutcheon | Barry sable and Or, a crancelin vert |
This article is about the coat of arms of the German state of Saxony. It is used on the state flag of Saxony.[1] It has nine green and gold/yellow (Or) stripes[2] and is charged with a crown in bend - running from viewer's top-left ot bottom-right. Although the crown is sometimes shown embowed (bent) this is due to artistic license.[1]
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[edit] History
The today's Free State of Saxony has its origins in the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, emerged from the Stem Duchy of Saxony in 1260, and the coat of arms is similar to the arms of 1422.[2] The shield Barry sable and Or, a crancelin vert deduce from the ruling House of Ascania, former Counts of Ballenstedt. The Ascanians were Dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg and Electors of Saxony until 1422, when arms and electoral dignity were adopted by Frederick I of Wettin, Margrave of Meissen. It was formally confirmed in 1991:
The Saxony State Parliament has passed on 25 October 1991 the following law:
§ 1 (1) The lesser coat-of-arms of the Free State of Saxony shows an escutcheon bendy of nine pieces black and gold, a green rue-crown bendwise. (2) A greater coat-of-arms of the Free State of Saxony can be determined by a special law.
§ 2 For the rendering of the coat-of-arms the patterns, which are attached to this law as appendix, are authoritative. The coloured patterns are deposited in the Main Public Record Office of Saxony.
§ 3 The regulations necessary for the implementation of this law are issued by the State Government. It can pass on this authority.
§ 4 This law comes into force the day after its proclamation.
The preceding law is executed herewith and is to be proclaimed.
—Prof. Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf (The Minister President), Steffen Heitmann (The State Minister of Justice), Law relating to the coat-of-arms of the Free State of Saxony Of 18 November 1991,(Saxon Law and Official Gazette 1991, p. 383-385), Dresden, 18 November 1991.[3]
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The arms of the Electorate of Saxony and the area it represented.[4]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Saxony (Germany) at Flags of the World
- ^ a b Freistaat Sachsen website (official) (German) Accessed 2009-05-19.
- ^ Flag Legislation (Saxony, Germany)
- ^ Siebmacher, Johann (1703). Erneuertes und vermehrtes Wappenbuch.... Nürnberg: Adolph Johann Helmers. pp. Part I Table 2.
[edit] See also
- Coat of arms of Prussia
- Coat of arms of Germany
- Origin of the coats of arms of German federal states.
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