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The coat of arms of Berlin depicts a black bear upon a white shield, crowned overall in the fashion of German/Nordic city-states. City seals of Berlin have prominently featured a bear since the 14th century, and bears were used as supporters even earlier. An eagle appeared on the first seal of Berlin in the 1250s, and was soon supported by bears.
The republican coat of arms took up the idea of the German crest established by the Paulskirche movement, using the same charge animal, an eagle, in the same colors (black, red and or), but modernising its form, including a reduction of the heads from two to one. The artistic rendition of the eagle was very realistic.
Coat of arms: Bart zu Koppenhausen: The Bärtts of Kopenhausen Siebmacher 1605:83,13 Baurenfreund: Baurenfreund Siebmacher 1605:89,12 Baymundt: Baymundt Siebmacher 1605:99,3 Behaim von Abensberg [3] 1120-vor 1681 Village of Behaim bei Moosburg, Abensberg, Freising [4] House of Beheim von Adelshausen Behem von Adelzhausen Pehaim von Adelshausen
The Palatine Lion (German: Pfälzer Löwe), less commonly the Palatinate Lion, is an heraldic charge (see also: heraldic lions). It was originally part of the family coat of arms of the House of Wittelsbach and is found today on many coats of arms of municipalities, counties and regions in South Germany and the Austrian Innviertel.
Illustration from a manuscript grant of arms by Philip II of Spain to Alonso de Mesa and Hernando de Mesa, signed 25 November 1566. Digitally restored. According to the usual description of the law of arms, coats of arms, armorial badges, flags and standards and other similar emblems of honour may only be borne by virtue of ancestral right, or of a grant made to the user under due authority.
When the Teutonic state was secularized in 1525 as the Duchy of Prussia, the black eagle on a white shield became the Prussian coat of arms. The ruling House of Hohenzollern also had a black and white family coat of arms. In addition to the black and white of Prussia, the white and red colours of the former Hanseatic League were added.
The origin of the Baltic Hahn families is largely unclear. Presumed, though unproven, the connection between the Hahn family in Mecklenburg and the families in Courland [5] and Öesel is a conventional explanation of their coat of arms being identical to one another and virtually identical to that of the descendants of Eckhard Hahn. [6]
German National Flag [2] Coat of arms: Coat of arms of Germany: Emblem of Germany [2] National anthem: Deutschlandlied: Deutschlandlied [2] Majestic mark Iron cross [2] National tree: Oak [2] National Bird: Golden Eagle [2] German Reunification symbol Brandenburg Gate: Brandenburg Gate in Berlin [2]