Coat of arms of Saarland

Coat of arms of Saarland
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Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st, azure, semé of crosses 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

This article is about the coat of arms of the German state of Saarland.

Description

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:
  1. dexter chief: Azure, seme of crosses Argent, a Lion Argent crowned Or and langued Gules,
  2. sinister chief: Argent, a cross gyronny Gules,
  3. dexter base: Or, on a bend Gules three alerions Argent,
  4. 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 November 7, 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]

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