The coat of arms of the present-day Germanfree state of Saxony shows a tenfold horizontally-partitioned (Barry of ten) field of black (sable) and gold/yellow (or) stripes,[1] charged with a green (vert) crancelin (a stylized common rue) running from the viewer's top-left to bottom-right (in bend). Although the crancelin is sometimes shown bent (embowed) like a crown, this is due to artistic license.[2] The coat of arms is also displayed on the stateflag of Saxony.[2]
The shield "Barry of ten sable and or, a crancelin vert" deduce from the Saxon counts of Ballenstedt (in present-day Saxony-Anhalt), ancestors of the ducal House of Ascania. The Ascanian margrave Albert the Bear achieved the Saxon ducal title in 1138; when his Welf successor Henry the Lion was deposed by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1180, Albert's son Bernhard, Count of Anhalt received the remaining Saxon territories around Wittenberg and Lauenburg, and the ducal title. Legend goes that when he rode in front of the emperor, at the occasion of his investiture, carrying his escutcheon with the Ballenstedt coat of arms (barry sable and or), Barbarossa took the rue wreath he wore against the heat of the sun from his head, hanging it over Bernhard's shield and thus creating the Saxonian crancelin vert.[citation needed]
From about 1260, the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg emerged under the Ascanian duke Albert II, who adopted the tradition of the Saxon stem duchy and especially took over the Saxon electoral dignity, against the fierce protest of his Ascanian Saxe-Lauenburg cousins but confirmed by the Golden Bull of 1356. The Saxe-Wittenberg black and golden shield already displayed the Gothic crancelin, probably symbolizing the waiver of the Lauenburg lands.[1] As the Ascanian Electors of Saxony also held the High office of an Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire, they added the ensign Per fess sable and argent two swords in saltire gules (the swords later featuring as the trademark of the Meissen china factory) to their coat of arms. When the line became extinct in 1422, the arms and electoral dignity were adopted by the Wettin margrave Frederick IV of Meissen.
When upon the German reunification the Free State of Saxony was re-established, the coat of arms was formally confirmed in 1991:
The Landtag of Saxony state parliament has passed on 25 October 1991 the following law:
§ 1 (1) The lesser coat-of-arms of the Free State of Saxony shows an escutcheon bendy of nine pieces black and gold, a green rue-crown bendwise. (2) A greater coat-of-arms of the Free State of Saxony can be determined by a special law.
§ 2 For the rendering of the coat-of-arms the patterns, which are attached to this law as appendix, are authoritative. The coloured patterns are deposited in the Main Public Record Office of Saxony.
§ 3 The regulations necessary for the implementation of this law are issued by the State Government. It can pass on this authority.
§ 4 This law comes into force the day after its proclamation.
The preceding law is executed herewith and is to be proclaimed.
— Prof. Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf (Minister President), Steffen Heitmann (State Minister of Justice), Law relating to the coat-of-arms of the Free State of Saxony of 18 November 1991, (Saxon Law and Official Gazette 1991, p. 383-385), Dresden, 18 November 1991.[3]
The Constitution of the Free State of Saxony adopted by the Landtag on 26 May 1992 stated the country flag displays in a ninefold partitioned field of Black and Gold a right diagonal green crancelin.[4]
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^Hitlers Mein Kampf: "The Saxons are so strong bastardisized"... ...."We should use the new forms of our symbols to protect the meaning of our time."
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The coat of arms of the present day German free state of Saxony shows a tenfold horizontally partitioned Barry of ten field of black sable and gold yellow or stripes 1 charged with a green vert crancelin a stylized common rue running from the viewer s top left to bottom right in bend Although the crancelin is sometimes shown bent embowed like a crown this is due to artistic license 2 The coat of arms is also displayed on the state flag of Saxony 2 Coat of arms of SaxonyArmigerFree State of SaxonyAdopted1990ShieldBarry of ten sable and or a crancelin vert The Coat of Arms of Liechtenstein includes the similar arms of the Kuenring family It has no connection to the arms of Saxony Contents 1 History 2 Galleries 2 1 Previous versions 2 2 Ernestine duchies 2 3 United Kingdom 2 4 Belgium 2 5 Bulgaria 2 6 Spain 2 7 Luxembourg 2 8 Poland 2 9 Nazi Germany 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editThe shield Barry of ten sable and or a crancelin vert deduce from the Saxon counts of Ballenstedt in present day Saxony Anhalt ancestors of the ducal House of Ascania The Ascanian margrave Albert the Bear achieved the Saxon ducal title in 1138 when his Welf successor Henry the Lion was deposed by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1180 Albert s son Bernhard Count of Anhalt received the remaining Saxon territories around Wittenberg and Lauenburg and the ducal title Legend goes that when he rode in front of the emperor at the occasion of his investiture carrying his escutcheon with the Ballenstedt coat of arms barry sable and or Barbarossa took the rue wreath he wore against the heat of the sun from his head hanging it over Bernhard s shield and thus creating the Saxonian crancelin vert citation needed From about 1260 the Duchy of Saxe Wittenberg emerged under the Ascanian duke Albert II who adopted the tradition of the Saxon stem duchy and especially took over the Saxon electoral dignity against the fierce protest of his Ascanian Saxe Lauenburg cousins but confirmed by the Golden Bull of 1356 The Saxe Wittenberg black and golden shield already displayed the Gothic crancelin probably symbolizing the waiver of the Lauenburg lands 1 As the Ascanian Electors of Saxony also held the High office of an Arch Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire they added the ensign Per fess sable and argent two swords in saltire gules the swords later featuring as the trademark of the Meissen china factory to their coat of arms When the line became extinct in 1422 the arms and electoral dignity were adopted by the Wettin margrave Frederick IV of Meissen When upon the German reunification the Free State of Saxony was re established the coat of arms was formally confirmed in 1991 The Landtag of Saxony state parliament has passed on 25 October 1991 the following law 1 1 The lesser coat of arms of the Free State of Saxony shows an escutcheon bendy of nine pieces black and gold a green rue crown bendwise 2 A greater coat of arms of the Free State of Saxony can be determined by a special law 2 For the rendering of the coat of arms the patterns which are attached to this law as appendix are authoritative The coloured patterns are deposited in the Main Public Record Office of Saxony 3 The regulations necessary for the implementation of this law are issued by the State Government It can pass on this authority 4 This law comes into force the day after its proclamation The preceding law is executed herewith and is to be proclaimed Prof Dr Kurt Biedenkopf Minister President Steffen Heitmann State Minister of Justice Law relating to the coat of arms of the Free State of Saxony of 18 November 1991 Saxon Law and Official Gazette 1991 p 383 385 Dresden 18 November 1991 3 The Constitution of the Free State of Saxony adopted by the Landtag on 26 May 1992 stated the country flag displays in a ninefold partitioned field of Black and Gold a right diagonal green crancelin 4 Galleries editPrevious versions edit Previous versions nbsp Black Saxon Steed according to legend Duke Widukind s ensign for Old Saxony 700 785 nbsp Widukind s White Steed as ensign of the Duchy of Saxony claimed by the House of Welf from 1361 adopted by the Electorate of Hanover nbsp Counts of Aschersleben Ascharia ancestors of the House of Ascania from about 1000 nbsp Counts of Ballenstedt ancestors of the House of Ascania from about 1000 nbsp Meissen Lion of the Wettin margraves 965 1423 beloved in the heraldic nbsp Red Eagle used from 1170 by the Ascanian margrave Otto I of Brandenburg son of Albert the Bear probably derived from a hereditary family ensign since around 900 nbsp Saxe Lauenburg 1296 1803 1814 1876 nbsp Electorate of Saxony 1356 1806 with the crossed swords of the Imperial Arch Marshal and the green crancelin nbsp Frederick of Saxony 36th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights ruled over the Teutonic bailiwicks of Thuringia Hesse and Saxony the Saxon County Palatinate and Meissen 1498 1510 nbsp Royal coat of arms of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth ruled in personal union by the Saxon electors Augustus the Strong 1697 1706 and Frederick Augustus II 1734 1763 nbsp Coat of arms of Elector Frederick Augustus II King of Poland as Imperial vicar nbsp Kingdom of Saxony 1806 1918 nbsp Coat of Arms of the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw 1807 1815 ruled in personal union by King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony nbsp Prussian Province of Saxony 1816 1944 nbsp Saxe Coburg and Braganza Branch Empire of Brazil 1822 1889 nbsp Coat of Arms of Ferdinand II King of Portugal Ernestine duchies edit Ernestine duchies nbsp Saxe Weimar 1572 1809 nbsp Saxe Coburg and Gotha 1826 1918 nbsp Saxe Gotha Altenburg 1680 1826 nbsp Duchy of Saxe Altenburg 1602 1672 1826 1918 nbsp Saxe Merseburg 1657 1738 nbsp Saxe Weissenfels 1656 1746 nbsp Saxe Hildburghausen 1680 1826 nbsp Duchy of Saxe Weimar Eisenach 1809 1918 nbsp Saxony Saxe Jena 1672 1690 Saxe Eisenach 1596 1638 1640 1644 1662 1809 Duchy of Saxe Coburg Eisenach 1572 1596 1633 1638 Duchy of Saxe Weimar 1572 1809 Duchy of Saxe Wittenberg 1296 1356 with the black yellow imperial colored stripes and green crancelin nbsp Duchy of Saxe Coburg 1596 1633 1680 1735 nbsp Saxe Meiningen 1680 1918 United Kingdom edit Princes of the United Kingdom nbsp George V as Duke of York nbsp George V as Prince of Wales nbsp Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught and Strathearn nbsp Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom nbsp Princess Beatrice of Saxe Coburg and Gotha nbsp Princess Alice of the United Kingdom nbsp Princess Alexandra of Saxe Coburg and Gotha nbsp Alfred Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha nbsp Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha nbsp Victoria Princess Royal nbsp Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe Coburg and Gotha nbsp Edward VII as Prince of Wales nbsp Princess Maud of Wales nbsp Princess Marie of Edinburgh nbsp Mary of Teck as Princess of Wales nbsp Louise Princess Royal nbsp Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll nbsp Prince Leopold Duke of Albany nbsp Princess Helena of the United Kingdom nbsp Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom nbsp Prince Albert Victor Duke of Clarence and Avondale nbsp Princess Beatrice of Saxe Coburg and Gotha as British Princess nbsp Alfred of Saxe Coburg and Gotha as British Prince nbsp Alfred Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha nbsp Adelaide of Saxe Meiningen nbsp Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Belgium edit Belgian royal family nbsp King Leopold I nbsp Prince Philippe Count of Flanders nbsp King Leopord II and Albert I nbsp King Philippe nbsp Princess Elisabeth Duchess of Brabant nbsp Charlotte of Belgium Empress consort of Mexico Bulgaria edit Bulgarian royal family nbsp Tsar Boris III as Prince of Tarnovo nbsp Simeon Saxe Coburg Gotha formerly Tsar Simeon II nbsp Kiril of Bulgaria Prince of Preslav nbsp Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria nbsp Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria nbsp Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon Parma nbsp Queen Eleonore of Bulgaria Spain edit Spanish royal family nbsp Maria Amalia of Saxony nbsp Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony nbsp Princess Beatrice of Saxe Coburg and Gotha as Spanish Infanta by marriage and Duchess Consort of Galliera Luxembourg edit Luxembourgish Ducal Family nbsp Respectant nbsp Maurice of Nassau Poland edit Poland nbsp Chrzanow nbsp Piotrkow Kujawski Nazi Germany edit Formerly nazi symbol of the Free State Saxony s areal today nbsp Gau Saxony 1933 1945 none real coat of arms of Saxony due the Saxon coat of arms was unsolicited for government 5 clarification needed See also editRoyal Arms of England Coat of arms of Portugal Coat of arms of Belgium Coat of arms of BulgariaReferences edit a b Freistaat Sachsen official website Archived 2013 01 22 at the Wayback Machine in German Accessed 2009 05 19 a b Saxony Germany at Flags of the World Flag Legislation Saxony Germany Archived 2008 11 22 at the Wayback Machine Art 2 3 Archived from the original on 2011 06 17 Retrieved 2012 12 22 Hitlers Mein Kampf The Saxons are so strong bastardisized We should use the new forms of our symbols to protect the meaning of our time Retrieved from https en 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