Immota fides

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Small state coat of arms of the Duchy of Braunschweig : It shows the motto IMMOTA FIDES as a circumscription in a red oval and another motto of the Welfenhaus NEC ASPERA TERRENT on the blue ribbon . In the lower center is the Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion.

Immota fides ( unwavering allegiance or inviolable Loyalty ) is a Latin motto of Braunschweigischen Welfen house and a phrase . The use of the motto goes back to the foundation of the Order of Henry the Lion on April 25, 1834 by Wilhelm von Braunschweig , the last Duke of Braunschweig and thus the last male descendant of the "New House of Braunschweig".

history

Postcard for April 25, 1906, the 100th birthday of Wilhelm von Braunschweig. It shows the motto IMMOTA FIDES , on the left the Brunswick Lion , in the center Brunonia , the allegorical goddess of the city and the Duchy of Brunswick with a portrait of Wilhelm and in the background the Brunswick Castle . The illustration is signed E. Gelpke .

In the sovereign patent concerning the establishment of a ducal order and its statutes , it was determined that IMMOTA FIDES was the motto for this order. In addition to the medal, the motto can be found on the small national coat of arms of the Duchy of Braunschweig together with the second NEC ASPERA TERRENT ( adversity does not deter [us / me] ) .

The masonic lodge Andreas-Lodge 'Immota Fides' (foundation day October 18, 1903, matriculation number 34) at Breite Straße 18, in Braunschweig and the Scottish lodge Immota fides at Blankenstein in Blankenburg am Harz were named after the motto.

See also

Other currencies of the Guelphs :

literature

  • Roger Reckewell, Jens Fischer: Order, badge of honor and badge of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg from 1809 to 1918. Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, Braunschweig 1987 ( work reports , publications from the Städtisches Museum Braunschweig 54), ISSN  0934-6147 .
  • H. Schulze: Chronicle of all [sic!] Known knight orders and decorations, which are awarded by sovereigns and governments, together with images of the decorations. Berlin 1855.
  • Hugo Gerard Ströhl : German coat of arms, containing all coats of arms, standards, flags, national colors and cockades of the German Empire, its federal states and ruling dynasties. Julius Hoffmann, Stuttgart 1897.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sovereign patent for the establishment of a ducal order and its statutes. Braunschweig, April 25, 1834.
  2. ^ Albert Sattler: Guide through Braunschweig. 2. verb. and probably edition, Verkehrs-Verein Braunschweig, Braunschweig 1909, p. 32.
  3. ↑ Renate Endler, Elisabeth Schwarze-Neuss : The Freemason Holdings in the Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage. Volume 1: Grand Lodges and Protector. Volume 2: daughter boxes. (= Series of publications by the international research center for democratic movements in Central Europe 1770–1850, volumes 13 and 18), Frankfurt am Main et al. 1994, 1996, pp. 60 and 64.