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The coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle with red feet, beak and tongue on a field of gold, emblazoned Or the eagle Sable beaked and langued gules links or Bundesadler This is the federal eagle, formerly Reichsadler or the imperial eagle.
It is a new introduction of the arms of the Weimar Republic in 1919 1935 Use adopted by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1950 1.
The current official design is due to Tobias Schwab 1887 1967 and was introduced in 1928.
The German Empire in 1871 1918 had reintroduced the medieval coat of arms of the Holy Roman emperors used during the 13th and 14th centuries, a single headed eagle in black on a gold background, before the emperors adopted the early eagle two heads with Sigismund of Luxembourg in 1433 the head only Prussian eagle on a white background, money, the sand was used as eagle escutcheon to represent the Prussian kings as rulers of the German Empire Republic Weimar presented a version in which the escutcheon and other monarchical symbols were removed.
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Left or, beaked eagle Sable and membered gules attributed imperial coat of arms of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor died in 1197, illustration to 1305 Codex Manesse fol 6R modern entertainment law.
The German imperial eagle Reichsadler from a proto-heraldic emblem believed to have been used by the first ruler Charlemagne Frankish crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope in 800, and finally derived from Aquila or eagle standard of the Roman army.
By the 13th century, the imperial coat of arms was generally recognized as or, eagle Sable beaked and membered Gules a black eagle with wings extended with red beak and legs on a field of gold During the medieval period the imperial eagle was usually only head a two-headed eagle is attributed as the arms of Frederick II in the Chronica Majora c 1250 in 1433 the two-headed eagle was adopted by Sigismund, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire then the two-headed eagle was used as the arms of the German emperor, and therefore, as a symbol of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation in the 12th century emperors also used a separate staff blazon of imperial arms from the reign of Albert II became king in 1438 39 emperors wore the old imperial arms inescutcheon a pretense of weapons of personal family, which appears as the black eagle with a shield on s has chest.
Representation of the first arm head as Reichsadler bilayer Otto IV chronic Majora c 1250.
First German national parliament meets in Frankfurt; the two-headed eagle, now without halos of the Eagle of the Roman emperor, can be seen.
In 1815, Bund German Confederation of 39 German states loosely united was founded on the territory of the old Holy Roman Empire until 1848, the Confederation has not had the arms of its own meeting The federal regime Bundestag in Frankfurt am Main used a seal which bore the emblem of the Austrian Empire since Austria had taken the leadership of the union It showed a black, double-headed eagle, which Austria had adopted just before the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation.
During the 1848 revolution a new arms Reich mantle was passed by the National Assembly which convened in St Paul's Church in Frankfurt eagle two black heads was retained, but the four symbols of the emperor the sword, the imperial orb, the scepter and crown the eagle rested on a golden shield; above was a gold star with five branches on both sides of the shield was flanked by three flags with black-red-gold emblem, however, never gained general acceptance.
The coat of arms itself was the result of a decision of the Federal Assembly.
The Federal Assembly is the old German imperial eagle with the German Confederation writing around and the colors of the former German imperial coat of arms black, red, gold for the arms and the colors of the German Confederation and reserves the right, make another decision about its use depending on the conference committee.
The Federal Assembly of the German Confederation, the federal decision on the arms and the colors of the German Confederation of March 19, 1848 2.
The coats of arms at the time of the German Confederation.
Title page of the Constitution of the Weimar Republic, with the design of the coat of arms Schwab.
After the introduction of the republic the arms of Germany has also been modified to accounting policy changes Weimar Republic 1918 1933, retained the Reichsadler without the symbols of the old monarchy Crown, Necklace, breast shield with the arms of Prussia This left the black eagle with a head, facing right, with open wings, but closed feathers with a red beak, tongue and claws and set white highlighted.
The Republican Reichsadler is based on the Reichsadler introduced by the Constitution of the Paulskirche of 1849, which was decided by the German National Assembly in Frankfurt am Main, at the top of the German civic movement demanding parliamentary participation and unification of the German states achievements and signs of this movement were mostly wiped after his fall and the political reaction in the 1850s Only the small German principality of Waldeck upheld the tradition and continued to use the German colors called Schwarz rot-Gold in German English Black -Red -Or.
These signs remained symbols of the movement Paulskirche and Weimar Germany wanted to express his point of view to be as rooted in this political movement between 1848 and 1852 Republican coat of arms took up the idea of the German peak established by the movement Paulskirche, using the same stocking an eagle in the same colors black, red and or but modernizing its form, including a reduction of the heads of two to one the artistic rendering of the eagle was very realistic This eagle is mounted on a yellow shield of gold the coat of arms was announced in 1919 by President Friedrich Ebert and interior Minister Erich Koch-Weser.
Due to a government decision Reich I announce hereby that the imperial coat of arms on a golden yellow shield shows a black-headed eagle, head turned to the right, open wings, but with fringes closed, mouth, tongue and red claws If Reich eagle is presented without context, the same charge and colors as those of the eagle of the Reich arms must be used, but the tops of the feathers are directed apart from the reasons given by the federal Ministry of the interior are decisive for the artistic design heraldic design can vary for each particular purpose.
President Ebert; Interior Minister, Koch Announcement of the federal coat of arms and the Imperial Eagle of 11 November 1919 4.
However, in 1928, the Reich Reichswappen arms coat designed by Tobias Schwab 1887 1967 or 1926 1924 5 to the German Olympic team became the official emblem 6 7 8 The Reichswehr adopted the new Reichswappen already in 1927 8 Emil design Doepler earlier than has become the escutcheon of Reichsschild Reich with a restricted use as pennant for government vehicles 1949 Federal Republic of Germany adopted the three signs of the Weimar Republic, Reichswappen, Reichsschild and Reichsflagge as Bundeswappen, Bundesschild Bundesflagge and in 1950 8.
The Bonn-Paris Conventions which granted limited sovereignty West Germany and NATO, are being discussed in the Federal Parliament in Bonn The room is decorated with the federal eagle designed by Ludwig Gies similar to the current plenary hall the day in the Reichstag building in Berlin.
The Federal Republic of Germany adopted the eagle as a symbol of Weimar in 1950 Since then it has been known as the federal eagle Bundesadler The legal basis for the use of these arms is the announcement by President Theodor Heuss Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Minister of the interior of Gustav Heinemann January 20, 1950, which is word for word identical to the announcement by President Friedrich Ebert and interior Minister Erich Koch-Weser November 11, 1919.
Due to a decision by the federal government, I announce hereby that the federal coat of arms on a golden yellow shield shows a black-headed eagle, head turned to the right, open wings, but with closed fringe, beak, tongue and red claws If the federal eagle is indicated frameless, the same charge and colors as those of the eagle of the federal coat of arms to be used, but the tops of feathers are directed outside the grounds maintained by the federal Ministry of the interior are final for heraldic design artistic design is for each special purpose.
Federal President Theodor Heuß, Chancellor Adenauer, the Federal Interior Minister Heinemann, Announcement of the federal coat of arms and the federal eagle 11.
Since the accession states in 1990 that formed the German Democratic Republic, the federal eagle was the symbol of a reunited Germany.
Official representations of the eagle are found not only in the federal coat of arms, but also on the flag of federal institutions, the standard of the President of Germany and official seals These are drawings of various artists of the Weimar period and differ mainly in the shape and position of the wings and a large enough fat version of the eagle decorates the Bundestag chamber the German parliament; it is sometimes called Fette Henne Fat Hen, with similar representation found on the German Euro coins In addition to official performances, art made of the federal eagle are authorized and have found their way on coins, stamps and the header of the federal eagle logo now used by federal institutions was designed by Rayan Abdullah year 12 needed.
Bekanntmachung betreffend das Bundeswappen und den Bundesadler Proclamation on federal weapons Arms and the federal eagle, published January 20, 1950, in the Federal Law Gazette I 1950, p 26 and Bekanntmachung über die farbige Darstellung Bundeswappens Proclamation of the colored representation of the federal coat-of-arms, published July 4, 1952 in the federal Gazette No. 169, September 2, 1952.
German Confederation The Federal Assembly of 03/09/1948 Bundesbeschluß über Wappen und Farben des Deutschen Bundes vom März 1848 9 federal decision on the arms and colors of the confederation of German states of 9 March 1848 Frankfurt.
Von Hohenzollern, Wilhelm The German Emperor and King of Prussia 11/11/1919 Allerhöchster Erlass vom August 3, 1871, betreffend die Bezeichnung der Behörden und Beamten des Deutschen Reichs, sowie die Feststellung of Kaiserlichen Wappens und der Standarte Kaiserlichen rescript of August 3, 1871 regarding the names of the authorities and officials of the German Empire, and the statement of the imperial coat of arms and the Imperial Berlin pp Reichsgesetzblatt standard 1871 No. 681 Pg 318 and 458.
Ebert, Friedrich; Koch-Weser, Erich 1919-11-11 Bekanntmachung betreffend das Reichswappen Reichsadler und den Announcement of the imperial coat of arms and the Imperial Eagle of Berlin.
According to sources of the German national football team created the Schwab emblem for the team in 1924.
Cf Reichswappen as described in Table I Wappen Deutsches Reich Der Große Brockhaus Handbuch of Wissens in zwanzig Bänden 21 Leipzig Brockhaus, vol 15 1928 1935 vol 4 Chi Dob 1929, p 648.
Jürgen Hartmann, Der Bundesadler in Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte No 03, 2008, ed Institut für Zeitgeschichte, pp 495 509, p 501 here.
A b c Jana Leichsenring, Staatssymbole Der Bundesadler in Aktueller Begriff Deutscher Bundestag Wissenschaftliche Dienste ed, No. 83 08 12 December 2008, p 2.
Hitler, Adolf; Frick, Wilhelm; Hess, Rudolf 11.01.1935 über das vom Reichs Hoheitszeichen Verordnung of 5 November 1935 Regulation on the national emblem of the Reich November 5, 1935 in Berlin.
Hitler, Adolf; Frick, Wilhelm; Hess, Rudolf 03/07/1936 Verordnung über die Gestaltung Hoheitszeichen of Reichs vom März 1936 7 Regulations concerning the design of the national emblem of the Reich March 7, 1936 Berlin.
Heuss, Theodor; Adenauer, Konrad; Heinemann, Gustav 20.01.1950, Bekanntmachung betreffend das Bundeswappen und den Bundesadler Announcement of the federal coat of arms and the federal eagle in Bonn.
Ströhl Hugo Gérard 1897, Deutsche Wappenrolle Reprint ed Cologne, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-89836-545-X.
Laitenberger, Birgit; Bassier, Maria 2000 Wappen und Flaggen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und ihrer Länder 5th revised edition, Cologne, ISBN 3-452-24262-5.
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