Federal seal
Federal seal is the name for the uniformly designed official seal of organs and authorities in the Federal Republic of Germany .
With the decree on the official seal (DSiegelErl) of January 20, 1950 ( Federal Law Gazette 1950, p. 26), Federal President Theodor Heuss introduced the federal seal in its two forms at the suggestion of the Federal Government . It goes back to the state seal of the German Reich , which was designed by Sigmund von Weech in 1921, during the Weimar Republic .
The great federal seal
The large federal seal consists of the federal eagle (in the more decorative variant with seven wings of plumage ) without any inscription, which is surrounded by a laurel wreath . The (representatives of) the constitutional organs , some supreme federal authorities , the federal courts and the highest organs of the Deutsche Bundesbank are entitled to manage or use it :
- the Federal President
- the President of the Bundestag
- the Federal Chancellor
- the President of the Federal Council
- the Federal Constitutional Court
- the Supreme Federal Court (* This court was never established; the Joint Senate of the Federal Supreme Courts has similar functions today .)
- the highest federal courts
- the federal ministries
- the Federal Audit Office
- President and Board of Directors (formerly Central Bank Council and Board of Directors) of the Deutsche Bundesbank
The Great Federal Seal is used for formal notarizations , in particular for the execution of laws and ordinances , for appointments and appointments, and for the execution of court judgments and decisions by the judiciary . This seal can be found, for example, on the ratification documents of international treaties, on some award documents of the orders and decorations donated by the Federal President and on the dismissal documents of federal ministers . It is embossed into the document to be sealed (embossed seal ).
The small federal seal
The small federal seal consists of the federal eagle with a legend that designates the authority holding the seal . All federal authorities carry and use a corresponding seal . Corporations under public law under the supervision of federal authorities can, on special occasions , obtain approval from the Federal Minister of the Interior to use the federal eagle in their official seal. The size and design of the official seals for federal authorities are prescribed (inscription in roman capital as capitals , diameter of the seal between 3 and 4 cm, execution as embossed seal or color printing seal possible). Exceptions to this are also only permitted with special approval from the Federal Minister of the Interior.
Authorization to produce the federal seal
The authorization for companies to produce the large and small federal seal is granted by the Federal Office of Administration in Cologne . An address directory of the companies authorized to manufacture is also kept there. Important requirements are required for authorization to produce the federal seal. Not only content, size and shape are prescribed, but also the fonts to be used.
Seals from an authority, school or other body must contain an encrypted number. The use of the same number for two different seals is not permitted.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Office of Administration - Tasks from AZ - Federal eagle and national emblem. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 17, 2019 ; accessed on January 17, 2019 .