"1920, and was adopted as the only coat of arms of West Berlin in 1954, while East Berlin continued to use the design of 1935. To enable civilians and non-governmental institutions to express their affinity with Berlin, the Senate of the Interior and Sports provided a logo which features the arms' shield without the crown in black and white or coloured versions. The coat of arms was laid down in a law of 1954: The bear has come to be used as the mascot of Berlin, and was used almost excessively by local authorities, so that Hans Brendicke, editor of"
"authenticate documents in the Middle Ages. The coat of arms of Berlin depicts a black bear upon a white shield, crowned overall in the fashion of German/Nordic city-states. have prominently featured a bear since the 14th century, and bears were used as supporters even earlier. An eagle appeared on the first seal of Berlin in the 1250s, and was soon supported by bears. The eagle and the bear changed their positions and attitudes but remained together in the seals and arms of Berlin until around 1600 when the eagle went on hiatus, returning by 1700 and remaining into the 20th"
"also used as the symbol of the German state of Brandenburg. For further information, see Coat of arms of Brandenburg. Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern This article is about the coat of arms of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The greater arms of the state depict the bull's head of Mecklenburg, the griffin of Pomerania, and the red eagle of Brandenburg. The lesser arms depict only the bull's head of Mecklenburg and the griffin of Pomerania. The symbols used in the coat of arms go back to at least the middle ages, when they were used by the Dukes of"
"Coat of arms of Brandenburg This article is about the coat of arms of the German state of Brandenburg. According to tradition, the ""Märkischer Adler"" ('Marcher eagle'), or red eagle of the March of Brandenburg, was adopted by Margrave Gero in the 10th century. Gustav A. Seyler states that the Ascanian Albert the Bear was the originator. He divided his territory among his children, thereby creating the territories which would later become Anhalt, Brandenburg, and Meissen. The March of Brandenburg, known as the Holy Roman Empire's 'sandbox' (""Streusandbüchse""), was granted in 1415 to Burggrave Frederick VI of Nuremberg of the"
"Coat of arms of Germany The coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle with a red beak, a red tongue and red feet on a golden field, which is blazoned: ""Or, an eagle displayed sable beaked langued and membered gules"". This is the (German for ""Federal Eagle""), formerly known as the (German for ""Imperial Eagle""). It is a re-introduction of the coat of arms of the Weimar Republic (in use 1919–1935), which was adopted by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1950. The current official design is due to Karl-Tobias Schwab (1887–1967) and was originally introduced in 1928."
"Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern This article is about the coat of arms of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The greater arms of the state depict the bull's head of Mecklenburg, the griffin of Pomerania, and the red eagle of Brandenburg. The lesser arms depict only the bull's head of Mecklenburg and the griffin of Pomerania. The symbols used in the coat of arms go back to at least the middle ages, when they were used by the Dukes of Mecklenburg, Dukes of Pomerania and Margraves of Brandenburg. However, the arms of the dukes were somewhat more complex as they"
"patterns of 1952 still in effect. Coat of arms of Germany The coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle with a red beak, a red tongue and red feet on a golden field, which is blazoned: ""Or, an eagle displayed sable beaked langued and membered gules"". This is the (German for ""Federal Eagle""), formerly known as the (German for ""Imperial Eagle""). It is a re-introduction of the coat of arms of the Weimar Republic (in use 1919–1935), which was adopted by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1950. The current official design is due to Karl-Tobias Schwab (1887–1967)"
"the city of Brandenburg upon Havel. This new coat of arms never gained popularity and was thus not considered when Brandenburg regained statehood after 1990. The arms of the state of Brandenburg became a red eagle without adornment. The current arms are declared thus: Coat of arms of Brandenburg This article is about the coat of arms of the German state of Brandenburg. According to tradition, the ""Märkischer Adler"" ('Marcher eagle'), or red eagle of the March of Brandenburg, was adopted by Margrave Gero in the 10th century. Gustav A. Seyler states that the Ascanian Albert the Bear was the"
"Bear in heraldry The bear as heraldic charge is not as widely used as the lion, boar or other beasts. In England it occurs mostly in canting arms, e.g. in the familial coats of arms of Barnard, Baring, Barnes, Bearsley, etc. In English heraldry, a bear's head is usually muzzled, and is more commonly used as a charge than the whole beast. The bear in the coat of arms of Berlin is also used cantingly, and appears in representations of the Berlin coats of arms in the early modern period (used alongside the Prussian and Brandenburg eagles until the early"
"Adolf. The city arms feature the Folkung lion of the Greater Coat of Arms of Sweden, but armed with a drawn sword and bearing the ""Svea Rikes"" shield (a blue shield charged with three gold crowns). The lion, king of the animals, stands for power and agility. The direction of the Gothenburg lion and the crown have been especially controversial. The blazon received in 1952 read: """"Azure, three wavy bends sinister argent, overlaid with a lion contourné crowned with closed crown Or, with forked tail, langued and armed gules, swinging with the right forepaw a sword Or, and maintaining in"
"dexter half of an imperial eagle and, in the sinister half of the shield, a (whole) crosier. The two most commonly occurring animals in heraldry, the lion and the eagle, bore special political significance in medieval Germany and the Holy Roman Empire. Neubecker asserts that this ""heraldic antagonism... makes the eagle the symbol of imperial power and the lion the symbol of royal sovereignty."" According to Neubecker: In the heroic poem by Heinrich von Veldeke based on the story of Aeneas, the bearer of the arms of a lion is set against the bearer of the arms of an eagle."
"1851, General von Forcade was immortalized on the north facing commemorative plaque on the ""Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great"" in Berlin. The family motto of the Prussian branch is """"In Virtute Pertinax"""". Coat of Arms: An escutcheon with the field divided into four parts. Left half: argent tincture, a gules lion holding a sinople eradicated oak tree between its paws; azure tincture charged with three or mullets; Right half: a gules castle with three towers on an argent tincture; sinople tincture charged with three argent roses below it. A ""Grafenkrone"" (Count's coronet) as helmut on top of the escutcheon,"
"Flag of Berlin The flag of Berlin has three stripes of red-white-red, the two outer stripes each occupying a fifth of its height, the middle the remaining three fifths. It is emblazoned with a bear on the civil flag, while it bears the coat of arms of Berlin on the state flag. The civil flag of West Berlin was adopted on 26 May 1954. Designed by Ottfried Neubecker, it came in second in the contest of 1952, the winner being rejected by the Senate. The bear is placed slightly off-center toward the left. A bear occurs on seals, coins and"
"signet rings from as early as the late 12th century (but not as heraldic charge before 1709), presumably due to a canting association with the city's name. The state flag replaces the bear with the full coat of arms, with the bear inside the escutcheon. Being the state flag for West Berlin, it became the flag of the entire city after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Prior to that, it had also been the naval ensign as no other existing flag could be used. The proportions of the flag are 3:5. Between 1618 and 1861 a bicolour of black"
"arms of Oxford). Similar charges include the ""wolf"" and the ""fox"". German heraldry distinguishes three variants of dogs: ""Windhund"" (greyhound), ""Bracke"" and ""Rüde"" (also ""Dogge""). Attitudes of the hound may be sejant, rampant, salient (its hind feet on the ground), passant (trippant), skipping, courant (sometimes blazoned ""in full chase"" or ""in full course"") or questing (i.e. pointing). The ears, tongue and claws may be in different tinctures. It is often shown gorged or collared. An early example of a blazon involving a dog (""levrier"") is that of Sir Perez Burdeux in Walford's Roll (Harley MS. 6589, c. 1275): ""porte d'or"
"of Welf, whose original symbol was a golden lion on red ground. It has also been used in several provinces in Westphalia (therefore, it is also called ""Westfalenross"", meaning ""Westphalian steed"", or ""Welfenross"", meaning ""Welf steed""). After this, it became the heraldic animal of the Kingdom of Hanover (since 1866 the Prussian Province of Hanover), of the Prussian Province of Westphalia and since 1922 of the Free State of Brunswick. This tradition continues in two modern federal States of Germany: Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The white horse is similar to the one used in the coat of arms for"
"accredited the festival, and since then the Golden Bear has been awarded by an international jury. Golden Bear The Golden Bear () is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. The winners of the first Berlin International Film Festival in 1951 were determined by a German panel, and there were five winners of the Golden Bear, divided by categories and genres. Between 1952 and 1955, the winners of the Golden Bear were determined by"
"Golden Bear The Golden Bear () is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. The winners of the first Berlin International Film Festival in 1951 were determined by a German panel, and there were five winners of the Golden Bear, divided by categories and genres. Between 1952 and 1955, the winners of the Golden Bear were determined by the audience members. In 1956, the FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films) formally"
"eagle with a red tongue on golden background, having a red shield on its breast with a bent silver eel on it. Eagle and eel were first acknowledged as Aalen's heraldic animals in the seal of 1385, with the eagle representing the town's imperial immediacy. After the territorial reform, it was bestowed again by the Administrative District of Stuttgart on 16 November 1976. The coat of arms' blazon reads: “In gold, the black imperial eagle, with a red breast shield applied to it, therein a bent silver eel” ""(In Gold der schwarze Reichsadler, belegt mit einem roten Brustschild, darin ein"
"used for the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship, which lay between the Prussian provinces of Pomerania and East Prussia (i.e. Pomeralia), forming the so-called Polish corridor. After 1945 the portion of Prussian Pomerania east of the Oder-Neisse line (Farther Pomerania, in German) was ceded to Poland. Today, in addition to the German , the red griffin is used as the coat of arms of the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which corresponds roughly to western Farther Pomerania; the more eastern Pomeranian Voivodeship, which corresponds roughly to the remainder of Farther Pomerania and Pomeralia uses a black griffin on gold. The Brandenburg eagle is"
"arms consists of neck and head of a black bull with golden horns. The helmet covers are black-golden. The oldest preserved seal with the cross coat of arms dates from 20 January 1289 of ""Theodericus dictus Raitze miles, civis Colon"" and his sons. The coat of arms of the Raitz von Frentz was changed in each case on the occasion of the elevation of two lines into the rank of Barons of the Holy Roman Empire. On the occasion of the elevation of the line Raitz von Frentz zu Kendenich und Stolberg to the status of imperial barons, the coat"
"officer. The decoration is composed of a crown with eight gold florets without apses, placed on a blue enameled headband, on which are written in Roman letters in gold and in all its periphery, the motto of the order): ""CHARACTER UND AUFRICHTIGKEIT ""(in French:"" Honesty and character ""), as well as the date of its founding:"" ERRICHTET DEN XXV DEC M. DCCC IX "". On the bottom of the crown and in the middle pose an eagle and a lion backed and crowned by a single crown. On the right side of the lion, is the horse of Westphalia; on"
"Albert inherited the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1157 from its last Wendish ruler, Pribislav, and he became the first Ascanian margrave. Albert, and his descendants of the House of Ascania, then made considerable progress in Christianizing and Germanizing the lands. As a borderland between German and Slavic cultures, the country was known as a march. In 1237 and 1244, two towns, Cölln and Berlin, were founded during the rule of Otto and Johann, grandsons of Margrave Albert the Bear. Later, they were united into one city, Berlin. The emblem of the House of Ascania, a red eagle and bear, became"
"to adopt a formal coat of arms, with two lions passant, which was derived from the arms of England, which had three such lions. Henry referred to himself in Latin as ""Henricus Leo""... in German, ""Heinrich der Löwe"" and ""Heinrich Welf"" (Guelph). According to Neubecker, the German imperial eagle goes back to the ancient Romans, and the newly crowned emperor Charlemagne erected an imperial eagle – a symbol that would carry over all the way to modern Germany – at his palace at Aachen. From the 13th century, Neubecker continues, the view was generally held that the eagle of the"
"Palatine Lion The Palatine Lion (), less commonly the Palatinate Lion, is an heraldic charge (see also: heraldic lions). It was originally part of the family coat of arms of the House of Wittelsbach and is found today on many coats of arms of municipalities, counties and regions in South Germany and the Austrian ""Innviertel"". The main design is described as ""sable a lion rampant or, crowned, armed and langued gules"". Originally uncrowned, the lion was first depicted with a red crown in the early 14th century in the Zürich armorial. This probably relates to the pre-eminent position held by"
"is ""Streitkolbe"", or simply ""Kolbe""), and are thus a canting charge. The wheel in the escutcheon’s upper half on the dexter (armsbearer’s right, viewer’s left) side is the Wheel of Mainz, and refers to the area’s long rule by Electoral Mainz, lasting until the Holy Roman Empire was at last dissolved in 1803. The dog’s head on the sinister (armsbearer’s left, viewer’s right) side is another canting charge. Although the usual word for “dog” in German is ""Hund"", there is also the word ""Rüde"", and thus this dog’s head refers to the noble family of Rüdt von Collenberg. The wavy"
"century. Modern arms either represent the history of the state, or their parts, or both. For example, the arms of Baden-Württemberg specify that they represent Baden, Württemberg, Hohenzollern, Palatinate, Franconia and Further Austria. The Red Eagle of Brandenburg is said to have been adopted as early as the 10th century and endures today. A 14th-century seal of Bremen featured a key, symbolizing Saint Peter, and this symbol endures to the present coat of arms of Bremen. The coat of arms of Hamburg, since a city seal dating from 1245, have featured two stars over a white castle upon a red"
"the Count Palatine of the Rhine depict the Palatine Lion. Palatine Lion The Palatine Lion (), less commonly the Palatinate Lion, is an heraldic charge (see also: heraldic lions). It was originally part of the family coat of arms of the House of Wittelsbach and is found today on many coats of arms of municipalities, counties and regions in South Germany and the Austrian ""Innviertel"". The main design is described as ""sable a lion rampant or, crowned, armed and langued gules"". Originally uncrowned, the lion was first depicted with a red crown in the early 14th century in the Zürich"
"""azure, a crowned lion rampant barry of eight argent and gules, crown and claws or"". Coat of arms of Thuringia The coat of arms German state Thuringia was introduced in 1990. Like the 1949 coat of arms of Hesse it is based on the Ludovingian ""lion barry"", also known as the ""lion of Hesse"", with the addition of eight mullets. The coat of arms can be blazoned ""Azure, a lion rampant barry of eight Gules and Argent, crowned and armed Or, surrounded by eight mullets Argent"". This can be interpreted as a blue field with a lion of eight horizontal"
"furs, multiple crests, inseparability of the crest, and repetition of charges in the shield and the crest. Mullets have six points (rather than five as in Gallo-British heraldry), and beasts may be colored with patterns, (barry, bendy, paly, chequy, ""etc.""). As in other European heraldic traditions, the most prominent among the birds and beasts are the eagle and lion. These two charges in particular had a special significance in Germany, where the eagle became symbolic of the Holy Roman Empire, and the lion came to represent certain feudal lords. As the political divide between these groups grew in the late"
"shaft. From the actual monument, the four lions survived and now are on display outside the lion house at the Berlin Zoo. Furthermore, one remaining eagle statue by August Gaul is now owned by the Mark Brandenburg Museum. National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument The National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument (""Kaiser-Wilhelm-Nationaldenkmal"") was a memorial structure in Berlin dedicated to Wilhelm I, first Emperor of a unified Germany. It stood in front of the Stadtschloss from 1897 through 1950, when both structures were demolished by the GDR government. The monument was an equestrian statue of the first German Emperor Wilhelm I, on the Spree"
"the order is a white enamel Maltese cross edged in red. In the center of the cross is a depiction of the golden crowned Coat of arms of Berlin surrounded by a gold wreath. It is worn around the neck on a white ribbon with red edges. Order of Merit of Berlin The Order of Merit of Berlin () is this highest award of the German State of Berlin. Awarded in the name of the Senate of Berlin, the order had recognized outstanding contributions to the State of Berlin since 21 July 1987. Awarded each year on 1 October, the"
"follow this mostly Siberian military formation all the way to Berlin, where its driver is said to have led the animal to the Reichstag to spit on the ruined building. Other sources relate that Kuznechik was killed in a 1945 German air raid, near the Baltic Sea. Kuznechik reportedly was awarded three wound stripes for injuries during various bombardments of the division as well as the Medal ""For the Defence of Stalingrad"". Kuznechik (camel) Kuznechik (, meaning ""grasshopper"") was a Bactrian camel that became known for following the Soviet Red Army in its advance towards Germany in World War II."