This article is about the coat of arms of the German state of Saarland.
Coat of arms of Saarland | |
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Armiger | Saarland |
Shield | Quarterly: 1st, azure, semé of crosslets argent, a lion rampant of the last crowned Or and langued gules; 2nd, argent, a cross gyronné gules; 3rd, Or, on a bend gules three alerions argent; 4th, sable, a lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules. |
Constituent parts | The arms of Saarbrücken (or Nassau-Saarbrücken), Archbishopric of Trier, Electorate of the Palatinate and Lorraine |
The coat of arms of Saarland is parted per cross:
The actual legal base of the use of the coat of arms is:
The state parliament of the Saar has passed the following law, that is herewith promulgated:
- The state coat-of-arms (appendix 1) shows in a half-round shield quarterly, from the position of the bearer:
- dexter chief: Azure, seme of crosslets Argent, a Lion Argent crowned Or and langued Gules,
- sinister chief: Argent, a cross gyronny Gules,
- dexter base: Or, on a bend Gules three alerions Argent,
- sinister base: Sable, a lion Or crowned, armed and langued Gules. Saarbrücken, 10 December 2001
— State Government Müller (Prime Minister); Kramp-Karrenbauer (Minister of the Interior and Sports), Saar Law on State Symbols of 7 November 2001 (Saarländisches Hoheitszeichengesetz(SHzG)vom 07.11.2001 (Amtsbl_02,566)geändert Art.1 Abs.3 des Gesetzes Nr.1587 zur organisationsrechtlichen Anpassung und Bereinigung von Landesgesetzen vom 15.02.06 (Amtsbl_06,474)):[1]