Coat of arms of Bavaria
The Bavarian coat of arms was introduced on 5 June 1950 with the "Law on the coat of arms of the Free State of Bavaria".
Description
"The great Bavarian arms consists of a shield with a heart shield gevierten. The first field shows in black an erect golden, rotbewehrten lions; the second field is of red and white (silver ) shared with three ascending from the white tip; the third field will display a blue, gold armored Panther on white ( silver ) base; in the fourth field three black superimposed, herschauende, rotbewehrte lions are shown on gold. The central shield is riveted in white (silver ) and blue diagonally right. The shield is held by two golden, red reinforced lions. The escutcheon is placed a crown of people; it consists of a decorated with stones golden tire, which is staffed with five ornamental leaves. " An illustration of the large national coat of arms without the lions as a shield carrier is flawed, but is often the case, so on a German stamp of 1992.
The individual elements of the heraldic " great Bavarian State Emblem " have historical significance.
The Golden Lion
The Golden Lion in the black box was originally the symbol of Count Palatine of the Rhine. After the investiture of the Bavarian Duke Ludwig in 1214 with the County Palatine it served for centuries as a common characteristic of the Old Bavarian and Palatine Wittelsbach. As of 1923, the erect, golden and rotbewehrte Palatinate lion also stood in the heraldic upper left field for the district Upper Palatinate, until 1945 for the Rhine Palatinate. Since 1950 he is in the right upper field.
The " Franconian Rake "
The second field shows in red three white ( silver ) tips. This " Franconian Rake " said creature appeared in 1350 as a crest of some places of the Bishopric of Würzburg and since 1410 also in the seals of the Prince Bishops. Today, the Franconian rake on the district of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia is.
The Blue Panther
Front down in the third field shows an upright, blue, gold reinforced Panther on silver ( white ) background. It was originally performed in the arms of the resident in Lower Bavaria Count Palatine of places castle. Later he took over the Wittelsbach family. Today, the blue panther represents the old Bavarian administrative regions of Lower Bavaria and Upper Bavaria.
The three black lions
The fourth field is presented on gold three superposed, herschauende, black, rotbewehrte lions. They are the old coat of arms of the Hohenstaufen, the former Dukes of Swabia, taken. In the state emblem, these three lions represent the administrative region of Swabia.
The white-blue heart shield
The white-blue heart shield is riveted diagonally in white (silver ), and blue. The order of the diamonds due to the fact that the legislation at the top " heraldic right " corner of the shield is diamond white. Earlier it was the emblem of the Counts of Bogen, in their heritage, the Wittelsbach entered 1242.
The Counts of Bogen were a major Bavarian noble family 800 years ago. Since the mid-twelfth century nobleman led a coat of arms, which among other things was placed on the plate (for the distinction in tournaments and battles ). Assumptions about the choice of the diamond pattern affect the gain of the shields. Symbols used to gain iron bars could have evolved over time to the famous diamond pattern.
The oldest surviving cast from the year 1247 comes from Ludwig II, Duke of Bavaria. Since then, the Wittelsbach have taken it as a regular coat of arms. The square in the middle, a so-called heart-shaped shield was, the diamonds in 1835 ( under Ludwig I, King of Bavaria), since, given as a symbol for the whole of Bavaria.
Why diamonds are white and blue, is not known. The original color was silver-blue, but since in heraldry silver by the color white without changing the meaning can be shown, has white-blue established in the population as Bavarian colors.
The white and blue rhombs, referred to in heraldry as a wake-up, are now considered Bavarian landmarks and also officially known as the " Small State Emblem " used.
The People's Crown
The People's Crown on the gevierten sign with the heart sign in the middle consists of a decorated with stones golden tire, which is staffed with five ornamental leaves. The People's Crown, which was first found in the coat of arms from 1923 called, after the removal of the royal crown, the sovereignty of the people.
Country icon
Since the state coat of arms may be used only by official bodies, were State symbols, also called coats of arms, introduced:
On the one hand a shield with the diamond pattern and a golden border, on the other hand ( for CHF ), the Franconian rake in gold edged plate.
The symbols may be used freely as long as no juridical character is awakened, so it may not bearing a shield animals, etc. a crown are added.
Historic Coat of Arms
1623-1777
1777-1799
1799-1804
1804-1806
1806
1806-1835
1835-1923
1923-1950
Since 1950