Coat of arms of Hesse

Coat of arms of Hesse
Coat of arms of Hesse
Armiger	The Hesse State Government
Shield	Azure a lion rampant barry of ten argent and gules, armed or
Other elements	leaf crown

The coat of arms of the German state of Hesse was introduced in 1949. It is based on the historical coat of arms of the Ludovingian landgraves of Hesse and Thuringia. The lion on the modern arms does not wear a crown or hold a sword, as it does on the arms of the Grand Duchy.^[1]

History

The Ludovingian lion barry in the Ingeram Codex of 1459, given as the coat of arms of the landgraves of Hesse and Thuringia
Coat of arms of the landgrave of Hesse in Siebmacher’s Wappenbuch (1703)^[2]
Lesser coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, using the coat of arms of the duchy itself, with the crown of a Grand Duchy and two lions as supporters (1806 to 1918)
Greater coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1902
Greater coat of arms of the Electorate of Hesse (1815–1866)
Coat of arms of Landgraviat of Hesse-Homburg (1736–1866)
The coat of arms of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau
Design by Gerhard Matzat (1949)

References

^ "Bedeutung und wappengeschichtliche Herkunft | Informationsportal Hessen". www.hessen.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-13.
^ Siebmacher, Johann (1703). Erneuertes und vermehrtes Wappenbuch... Nürnberg: Adolph Johann Helmers. pp. Part I Table 8.