Coat of arms of Dresden

"It shows the split sign, turn right on a golden background an ascending right bezüngten red and red reinforced black Meissen lions left on a golden background two black Landsberger piles. "

The crest is an emblem of the Saxon capital Dresden.

Blazon

The coat of arms shows the split sign, turn right on a golden background an ascending right bezüngten red and red reinforced black Meissen lions left on a golden background two black Landsberger piles.

Coat of justification

The pictured right Meissner heraldic lion was the symbol rule of the Wettin that ruled the Margraviate of Meissen. It stands for the dependence of the town of Margrave, who resided in Dresden since the second half of the 15th century. The Landsberger piles refer to an ancestral homeland of the House of Wettin. The Mark Landsberg consisted of an unspecified outlined area between the lower Saale and Elbe. Although Dresden was not in this area, but the Landsberger piles developed to the family coat of arms of Wettin.

History

The oldest form of the Dresden city arms is preserved in a seal on a homage deed dated 22 July 1309. The Council described it then as "our stat insygele ", today it is on display in the Dresden City Museum. It has the shape of a triangular shield and already shows the Meissner lions and Landsberger piles; both rule Arms were obviously put together already in the late 13th century. First, a similar coat of arms was made ​​in Leipzig. Chemnitz and Dresden took this coat of arms, with the original blue Dresden Landsberger piles black colored to distinguish it from Leipzig.

From the 17th century Dresden enlarged very strong, so many victory Elan justifications were necessary. In the mid-17th century, the Council seal bore the lion and the piles on a small round shield. Towards the end of the 19th century subjected the Saxon coat of arms heraldry essence of a scientific test. On August 17, 1880, the city introduced a similar stamps and signets, the ancient lost their validity. Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt designed the new city coat of arms, substantial change was the position of the lion.

The coat of arms consisted of two representations: a coat of arms with helmet in the style of the Renaissance and as a shield coat of arms in the Rococo style. The City Council approved the use of both forms. The helmet gradually fell away after the end of the First World War. In the time of the GDR, the coat of arms was not for the Dresden district use, but on official basis. The current spade shape of the crest was introduced in 1960, in 1986 the City Council adopted a new crest shape. After 1989 again found that already at the time of the Weimar Republic Coat of Arms valid use. On 8 September 1994, the city council decided the coat of arms in its present form.

In addition to the coat of arms of Dresden performs according to its force since June 2, 1994 main statute (§ 2 emblems ) an official seal and also since the change in the principal statute in October 2006, another official logo. The stamp shows the emblem of the state capital with the inscription " Dresden ". The Office logo consists of two squares. In the upper square of mirrored lettering " Dresden. " Is seen in the lower a simplified coat of arms.

Pictures

Crest on the soft image stone on the road Blasewitzer

Coat of arms on the facade of the Gewandhaus, Innere Altstadt

School Portal with coat of arms and figurative design by Otto Pilz

Seal of the city tax office from 1900

Coat of arms with helmet ( Renaissance ) 1920

Dresden Coat of Arms in the Great Assembly Hall of the Imperial Court building, Leipzig

In the time of the GDR coat of arms occupied Dresden

City coat of arms on the facade of Saxony bath

Coat of arms on a residential house on the main road

Crest on the top of a flagpole at the Neustadt market at the entrance to the main road

Crest on a manhole cover on the Tännichtweg in Hellerau

City coat of arms on a pillar of the Augustus Bridge

City coat of arms on a railing of the Augustus Bridge

City coat of arms under the Augustus Bridge

Marine

Several ships of the Imperial Navy led the official coat of arms as a ship's coat of arms, including the light cruiser SMS Dresden from 1907 and his ten years later overflowed the stack eponymous successor.