Heraldry of the world

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Heraldry of the World is a private website which is devoted mainly to civic heraldry, i.e. coats of arms of cities, states, municipalities, countries etc. It also includes an attempt to make a complete catalogue of heraldic (paper based) collector's items, again with the main focus on civic heraldry. The site was created on January 2009 by amalgamation of my two sites; International Civic Arms (since 1996) and Heraldryshop.biz (since 2004).

The site International Civic Arms was created in 1996 as Nederlandse Gemeentewapens (Dutch civic arms, hence the domain name www.ngw.nl) and went global in 1999. Ever since it has been the largest collection of civic coats of arms ever published. With the exception of a break during 2006-7, it has been growing steadily every month. See here for more history.

From Summer 2010 the old site is gradually changed into a wiki-like environment, this is an ongoing process.

Although as much information on the arms as possible will be included, like pictures, meaning and history, often there is just a picture, not a description of the arms, nor a history. Any additional information thus is welcome ! All information is taken from public sources (books, internet) and the sources are always mentioned and credited. Most pictures are scans from books, with the exception of the Dutch civic arms, where all the pictures are made by myself.

Arms of countries, areas or provinces that do not exist anymore, are placed under the country in which the area is situated at this moment. For example, cities, which were granted arms during the Russian Empire, are now under the individual countries. Similarly, towns in the former German provinces of Prussia and Posen are placed under Poland, the South African Colonies and Homelands are under South Africa and Dutch East Indies are under Indonesia.

Present and former colonies and (semi-independent) overseas territories that do not form a single present country are listed under the parent country, except for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is listed separately.

Countries

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Norfolk Island Austria Austro-Hungarian Empire Azerbaidjan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Ruanda-Urundi Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Hong Kong Macau Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (former Zaire) Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Føroyar Greenland Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic

East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France French Antarctic Territory French Guyana French Polynesia Guadeloupe Martinique Mayotte New Caledonia Réunion Saint Pierre et Miquelon Wallis et Futuna Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Bissau Guinee Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Italian East Africa Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia

Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Tokelau Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Korea Norway Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Portuguese India Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Samoa San Marino São Tomé e Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan

Spain Spanish West Africa Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia Sint Maarten St. Vincent Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Anguilla Ascension Island Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Falkland Islands Dependencies Gibraltar Leeward Islands Montserrat Pitcairn Island Saint Helena South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Straits Settlements Tristan da Cunha Turks and Caicos Islands West Indies Federation United States American Samoa Puerto Rico Guam US Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

For arms of non-existing or phantasy states see Micro-Nations

Donations

The site is a private site, which is maintained by one person only since 1996. It is my hobby, which takes much time and money (books, hosting etc etc), which is OK for me. My only income for the site is the advertisments on the bottom of this page as well a bit from sales on eBay.

If you want to donate items or images, click here, for financial donations please do so using PayPal to webmaster@ngw.nl or by normal mail to the contact address mentioned in the contact page. For security, I will not send any bank details by e-mail. People or companies that have donated money, will be mentioned with name of logo on this page if wanted. Please contact me if you would like to be mentioned.

Thank you !

Ralf Hartemink

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