List of coats of arms of the administrative districts of Denmark
This list shows the coats of arms of the administrative districts of the Kingdom of Denmark .
This list includes administrative districts ( Amter ) that existed between 1970 and 2006.
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Frederiksbergs Commune | In silver on the three pinnacles of a red wall covered with a golden crown , a silver falcon with a red hood and a golden bell under two green linden branches each with seven (3: 3: 1-1: 3: 3) leaves. The coat of arms reminds of an earlier falconry . |
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København's office | In blue a golden crown of leaves accompanied by three (2: 1) golden sea leaves . The crown symbolizes the royal seat of Copenhagen . |
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Frederiksborg Office | In red a golden crown of lilies accompanied by two torn golden leafy trees . The trees symbolize that North Zealand was a densely forested area in the Middle Ages, the crown symbolizes the many royal palaces in this region. |
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Roskilde Office | In red a golden bishop's cap with hanging ribbons accompanied by three (2: 1) golden roses . The bishop's hat symbolizes the cathedral city of Roskilde . |
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Vestsjællands Amt | A lowered golden rafter divides the escutcheon in blue and gold. At the top of the gable of a (hypothetical) Viking house, there is a golden, outward-facing dragon head as an extension of each side of the rafter and three red posts at the bottom . The Viking castle Trelleborg is located in this region. |
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Storstrom's Office | The blue escutcheon is divided by a narrow silver wavy bar. Above, a golden goose flapping its wings on a ball of the same color (from the wind vane of the " goose tower" of Vordingborg Castle ) and below two golden black- tongued lindworms (heraldic symbol of Lolland) facing each other . The goose represents the former Præstø Office and the Lindworms the former Maribo Office . |
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Fyn's office | Three golden hop leaves in red in a three-pass . The three leaves symbolize the former offices of Odense Amt , Svendborg Amt and Assens Amtsrådskreds . |
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Sønderjyllands Amt | In gold, two running blue, red-tongued and red-armored lions holding the Dannebrog pennant on a golden stick. Inspired by the coat of arms of the Duchy of Schleswig . |
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Ribe office | In silver, a red fortress wall with an open passage and three tinned towers, the middle one is the higher, is accompanied by three (2: 1) blue, gold-crowned lions' heads en face with red jaws. The wall is reminiscent of Riberhus Castle . The lion heads come from the coat of arms of Denmark and illustrate the city of Ribe , which was one of the royal Danish enclaves . |
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Vejle Office | Divided by two trapezoidal battlements in gold and red; above a red clover end cross and below two crossed golden beards with blades pointing outwards. |
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Ringkjøbing Office | In blue, a golden, shaded deer head with antlers and three (2: 1) silver six-pointed stars between the horns. |
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Viborg Office | The golden heraldic shield is divided by a wave with a narrow blue wave bar , above which are two black cormorants (Danish: skarver ) and below a black grouse (Danish: urfugl ) with spread legs. |
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Nordjyllands Amt | Heraldic shield , divided into gold and blue, shows a silver running lion at the top and two silver sea leaves at the bottom, between which a straight golden tip with a silver sea leaf is inserted. The lion and sea leaves both come from the coat of arms of Denmark. |
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Aarhus Office | In the blue heraldic shield a silver anchor over a slanting silver wave bar . |
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Bornholm's regional commune | A golden basilisk in blue . In addition to its coat of arms, Bornholm also flies an unofficial flag that is based on the Dannebrog : |
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