Germania (painting)

The Germania is a painting that Philipp Veit (1793-1877) created in March 1848 as Nationalallegorie. During the Frankfurt National Assembly, it hung in St. Paul's Church in front of the organ in the gallery.

In the painting Germania wearing a wreath of oak leaves ( loyalty ), the imperial sword ( valor ), a set to the sword oil or hemp branch ( Peace Love) and the German flag (unit). In Germania breast the double eagle in gold on black of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation is shown, which has been used since the reign of Emperor Sigismund in the form. The rising sun behind her, symbolizing a new era, her gaze is directed into an indefinite future. Links are at her feet blasted shackles, a symbol of freedom. Today, the painting is in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. A copy can be found in the House of History in Bonn, another ( reduced) in Berlin Hemp Museum.

The Germania has for centuries been the national personification of Germany.

More images

• The painting in the Frankfurt St. Paul's Church 1848/49
• More "Germania" by Veit