Coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein

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State coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein

The coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein is split: In the heraldic right field (i.e. left for the viewer) there are two blue, inward-facing, red-armored lions walking on top of each other on a golden background. The so-called Schleswig lions are taken from the Danish coat of arms ; As the younger son of the king, Duke Abel received a reduced coat of arms, which is now the coat of arms of the former Duchy of South Jutland and Schleswig. In the heraldic left field there is a silver or white shield with a red border - the coat of arms of the Schauenburg territorial lords , this has been called the Holstein nettle leaf since the Oldenburgers . It is an old symbol that was adopted by the rulers of the Schauenburg region ( Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein , Grafschaft Schaumburg , Schaumburg-Lippe ). This so-called nettle leaf is silver on a red background. Count Adolf IV , who became a monk and made a pilgrimage to Rome, introduced the three nails in the corners to commemorate the crucifixion of the Savior, i.e. Jesus of Nazareth .

history

Count Gerhard VI. von Holstein-Rendsburg united the Schleswig lions with the Holstein nettle leaf for the first time on its seal in 1395. In the middle of the 19th century, Schleswig-Holstein coats of arms with the added inscription: " Up eternally ungedeelt " were spread throughout the state.

In contrast to the normal Schleswig lions, which look to the left on the district / city coat of arms (for example the coat of arms of Flensburg ), the lions in the state coat of arms today look to the right. This reorientation of the lions happened with the beginning of Prussian rule in 1864. According to an anecdote , Otto von Bismarck is said to have ordered after the German-Danish War that the lions look in the direction of the nettle leaf, since it was "improper", the other part of the country its rear to reach out.

On January 18, 1957, the state of Schleswig-Holstein decided the current version of the coat of arms in its details as well as the state flag with the colors blue-white-red. The colors of the national flag come from the coat of arms.

Country symbol

State symbol of Schleswig-Holstein ( everyone's coat of arms )

The state coat of arms may only be used by official bodies. However, the state government has issued a coat of arms that can be used freely ( everyone's coat of arms ). It has a rounded shield and a simplified representation of a lion.

In 1885 Theodor Storm put the coat of arms in verse:

From Schleswig-Holstein
Raise the banner! the white nettle!
And up the blue lions!
They are the holy signs of the house
And inviolable forever.

And where we festively unite,
The blue lions keep watch;
We wind the nettles
in wreaths in our beech leaves.

But step confidently on our threshold,
who trusts us and who faithfully;
The white nettle won't burn
And the blue leu won't roar.

Raise the banner! the sunshine
falls into its free wings;
And that it unfolds with a rustling
And visible before all the world.

United for many centuries
, the sibling coat of arms should be displayed -
the banner high! so that we feel
that we stand on our own earth .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eckardt Opitz : Schleswig-Holstein. The country and its history . Hamburg 2008, p. 60 f.
  2. ^ Eckardt Opitz : Schleswig-Holstein. The country and its history . Hamburg 2008, p. 196.
  3. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein - state coat of arms , accessed on: December 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's coat of arms. A story full of confusion , accessed on: December 27, 2015.
  5. ^ Eckardt Opitz : Schleswig-Holstein. The country and its history . Hamburg 2008, pp. 237 and 239.
  6. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein - state coat of arms , accessed on: December 27, 2015.
  7. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's coat of arms. A story full of confusion , accessed on: December 27, 2015.
  8. ↑ See OLG Schleswig Not 4/08 on the delimitation of service coat of arms and everyone's coat of arms in: Schleswig-Holsteinische advertisements 2009, pp. 162–164.
  9. ↑ textlog.de

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