German coats of arms

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Chapters: Coat of arms of Germany, Wheel of Mainz, Coat of arms of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Coat of arms of Munich, Coat of arms of Prussia, Coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg, Coat of arms of Bavaria, Origin of the coats of arms of German federal states, Coat of arms of Württemberg, Coat of arms of Brandenburg, Coat of arms of Hamburg, Coat of arms of Schleswig, Coat of arms of Berlin, Coat of arms of Lower Saxony, Coat of arms of Lübeck, Coat of arms of Thuringia, Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia, Coat of arms in the Amt Hemer, Saxon Steed, Coat of arms of Saxony, National Emblem of the German Democratic Republic, List of coats of arms of the districts in Rhineland-Palatinate, List of coats of arms of the districts in North Rhine-Westphalia, Coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate, Coat of arms of Saarland, List of coats of arms of Germany, Coat of arms of Bremen, Coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein, Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Coat of arms of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Coats of arms of German states, Coat of arms of Cologne, Coat of arms of Dresden, Coat of arms of Hesse, Coat of arms of Oldenburg, Coats of arms of German colonies, Finckenstein coat of arms, Coat of arms of Saxony-Anhalt. Excerpt: The coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle (the Bundesadler "Federal Eagle", formerly Reichsadler "Imperial Eagle") on a yellow shield (Or, an eagle displayed sable). It is a re-introduction of the coat of arms of the Weimar Republic (in use 1919¿1935) adopted by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1950. The current official design is due to Tobias Schwab (1887¿1967) and was introduced in 1928. The Weimar Republic had re-introduced the medieval coat of arms of the Holy Roman Emperors, in use during the 13th and 14th centuries, before the emperors adopted the double-headed eagle, beginning with Sigismund of Luxemburg in 1433. The single-headed Imperial Eagle (on a white background, Argent, an eagle displayed sable) had also been used by the German Empire during 1889¿1918, based on the earlier coat of arms of Prussia. The German Reichsadler (Imperial Eagle) dates back to the time of Charlemagne, the first Frankish ruler to be crowned emperor by the pope (AD 800), ultimately derived from the eagle standard of the Roman army. By the 13th century, the black eagle icon on a gold field was generally recognised as the imperial coat of arms. During the medieval period, the imperial eagle was mostly single-headed. A double-headed eagle is attributed to Frederick II in the Chronica Majora (ca. 1250). In 1433 the double-headed eagle was adopted by the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. Since then the double-headed eagle came to be used as the symbol of the German emperor, and hence as the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. From the 12th century, the Emperors would have a personal coat of arms separate from the imperial one. Starting with Albert II (r. 1438¿39), each Emperor bore arms with an inescutcheon of his personal arms on the torso of a two-headed eagle. Coats of arms of the Holy Roman Empire In 1815, a German Confederation (Bund) of 39 loosely-united German states was founded on the territory of the former German empire. Until 1848, the confede