Coat of arms of Romania

Coat of arms of Principality of Romania 1872-1881

Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Romania 1881-1921

Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Romania 1921-1947

Coat of Arms of January-March 1948

National Coat of Arms 1948-1952

National Coat of Arms 1952-1965

National Coat of Arms 1965-1989

The current coat of arms of Romania has existed since 1992 and was decided on 10 September 1992 as a representative coat of arms for the Republic of Romania, in the Romanian Parliament.

Symbolism

As a central element of the coat of arms of Romania shows a golden eagle. This eagle also appears on the coat of arms of the circle Arges and the cities of Pitesti and Curtea de Arges. It symbolizes the dynasty of the Arabian Bass, who made it possible at all that the Tara Românească ( = Romanian country) has formed. The eagle, symbol of the Latin roots and the nobility, stands for courage, determination, the desire for something higher, strength and size. The azure shield symbolizes the sky. The eagle holds in its talons the sign of power: a mace and a sword. The latter is reminiscent of the Moldavian ruler Ştefan cel Mare ( Stephen the Great, 1456-1504 ), of " The Cavalier of Christ" was also known by the name. The Mace is Michael the Brave boast ( Michael the Brave, 1593-1601 ), the first unifier of the Romanian countries.

On the chest of the eagle is one in five fields divided shield with the arms of the historical Romanian provinces: in the first field of the Golden eagle for Tara Românească, ie the Romanian countries is in general and for the ( Great) Wallachia in particular, in the second field will be the head of an aurochs for Moldova, in the third field combined symbols for the Banat (the bridge ) and for the Oltenia (the lion ), in the fourth field, the two dolphins for the Dobrudja, and the fifth field shows the coat of arms of Transylvania, where traditionally the black turul for Hungary, sun and crescent for the Székely and the Seven towers for the Transylvanian Saxons are. It is worth noting that the sun and the crescent also find themselves on the coat of arms of Wallachia and Moldavia. Hungarian Székely - Csángós there despite strong Romanian Assimilierungszwang as a minority to this day in Moldova. When the eagle of Wallachia, the derivation is discussed by the Hungarian Turulvogel. The Romanian principalities were organizationally clear from vassal states, which were set up after the Mongol invasion by King Béla IV (Hungary ) to protect the Hungarian eastern border.

History

As early as 1990, after the fall of the Ceauşescu regime, there was a discussion about a new coat of arms. The crest that graced the Romanian flag to 1989, was representative of the socialist -communist Romania and showed motifs such as wheat ears and a red star. During the revolution of 1989 had in many places torn out the socialist emblem of the flag; the Romanian flag with a hole in the middle was one of the main symbols revolution.