Germany

GERMANY - DEUTSCHLAND

National symbols

The National arms of Germany

The National flag of Germany

Administrative division

Germany is divided in States (Länder). These states are subdivided in Landkreise or Rural districts, which are made up of municipalities (Gemeinden) and Kreisfreie Städte, or free urban districts.

In some states municipalities are combined into Ämter and Verbandsgemeinden (larger bodies, but the individual municipalities still exist).

All States, disctricts and the majority of the municipalities use arms.

Coats of arms of present States (Wappen der Bundesländer)

Baden-Württemberg Bayern Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hessen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Niedersachsen Nordrhein-Westfalen Rheinland-Pfalz Saarland Sachsen Sachsen-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thüringen

Coats of arms of former German States, Principalities, Kingdoms etc

Independent cities are listed under cities, independent dioceses, abbeys etc are listed under Ecclesiastical heraldry of Germany.

Principality of Anhalt Baden (Grand Duchy and Free-State) County Bentheim Provostry of Berchtesgaden Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach Duchy of Braunschweig Free-State of Braunschweig Provostry of Ellwangen Grand-Duchy of Hessen-Darmstadt Principality of Hessen(-Kassel) Province of Hessen-Nassau Duchy of Holstein State of Köln Lippe (Principality) County of Mark Mecklenburg Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Grand-Duchy and Free-State) Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Grand-Duchy and Free-State) Duchy of Nassau Province of Niederschlesien Province of Oberschlesien Grand-Duchy of Oldenburg Ostfriesland Province Ostpreussen Province Pommern Province Posen Posen-Westpreussen (province)

Kingdom of Prussia/Preussen Reuss jüngere Linie (principality) Province Rheinland County Rietberg Kingdom of Sachsen Province of Sachsen Freistaat (Free State) of Sachsen Duchy of Sachsen-Altenburg Duchy of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha Duchy of Sachsen-Meiningen-Hildburghausen Grand-Duchy of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach Schaumburg-Lippe (Principality and Free-State) Province of Schlesien Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (principalities) County Steinfurt Wagrien (landscape/region) Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont Kingdom of Westfalen Province Westfalen Province Westpreussen Württemberg (Kingdom) Württemberg-Baden Württemberg-Hohenzollern

Coats of arms of districts, cities and municipalities

• Coats of arms of Districts (Kreise)
• Coats of arms of Ämter, Samtgemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden and Grossgemeinden
• Coats of arms of cities, towns and municipalities (Gemeinde- und Städtewappen) :

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Other civic heraldry

• Regions (in Bayern)
  • Mittelfranken
  • Niederbayern
  • Oberbayern
  • Oberfranken
  • Oberpfalz
  • Rheinpfalz
  • Schwaben
  • Unterfranken
• Höherer Kommunalverband (Regional Association)
  • Bezirksverband Pfalz
  • Landschaftsverband Rheinland
  • Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
• Arms of German Colonies

Other heraldry

• Ecclesiastical heraldry of Germany
• Military heraldry of Germany
• Corporate heraldry of Germany

Heraldic collector's items

• Heraldic postcards
• Heraldic stamps from Deutsches Reich, Bundesrepublik, DDR, Deutsche Post Berlin and Zone Française
• Heraldic collector's albums:
  • Abadie - Flaggen und Wappen der Welt
  • Abdulla-Deutsche Städtewappen
  • Abdulla-Die Staatswappen aller Wappenführenden Staaten der Erde
  • Abdulla-Wappen der Bekanntesten und Bedeutendsten Ausländischen Hauptstädte
  • Aurelia - Staats-Wappen und Flaggen (Unter dem Olympia-Banner)
  • Aurelia - Deutsche Zunftwappen
  • Continentale Verlags-Anstalt - Wappen Sammel-Album
  • Danziger Tabakmonopol - Länderwappen der Ganzen Welt
  • Kaffee Hag albums - Deutsche Ortswappen
  • Panorama Bilderdienst - Unsere Deutsche Heimat
  • Union - Autogramm- und Ansichtskarten

and more

• Heraldic trade cards from Germany:
  • Aecht Franck (German cities)
  • Bünting (German cities)
  • Gartmann (Arms and diamonds)
  • Reeser Maraginefabrik (German and European States)
  • Siegerin Margarine (German cities)
  • Stollwerck (German cities)
  • Wesenberg (German guilds)
  • Unknown (German) (Arms of cities)
  • Arms, Flags and Types of Nations
• Heraldic matchbox labels from Germany:
  • Agros (German city arms)
  • Fachring (German arms)
  • Himmelreich (German arms)
  • Josef Mühlenbruch (German arms)
  • Löwen Kaffee (German arms)
  • Philumenistischen Gesellschaft (German states)
  • VéGé (matchbox labels)