Coat of arms of Saarland

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Coat of arms of Saarland
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Armiger Saarland
Blazon Quarterly: 1st, azure, semé of crosslets 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 partsThe 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 .

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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 crosslets 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 7 November 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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