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'''SACHSEN''' | '''SACHSEN''' | ||
[[File:sachsen.jpg|center]] | [[File:sachsen.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
In neunmal von Schwarz und Gold geteilten Feld einen schrägrechten grünen Rautenkranz. | *(de) In neunmal von Schwarz und Gold geteilten Feld einen schrägrechten grünen Rautenkranz. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms of the present State were officially adopted in 1991. | The arms of the present State were officially adopted in 1991. | ||
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The original Duchy was later raised to a [[Sachsen (Kingdom)|Kingdom]], that used the same arms until 1918. | The original Duchy was later raised to a [[Sachsen (Kingdom)|Kingdom]], that used the same arms until 1918. | ||
The original territory in the meantime was divided in many different territories, all of which used the old Sachsen arms in their arms, see [[Sachsen-Weimar]], [[Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha]], [[Sachsen-Meiningen]], [[Sachsen-Altenburg]] and [[Anhalt]]. | The original territory in the meantime was divided in many different territories, all of which used the old Sachsen arms in their arms, see [[Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach]], [[Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha]], [[Sachsen-Meiningen-Hildburghausen]], [[Sachsen-Altenburg]] and [[Anhalt]]. | ||
From 1918-1945 it was the Free State of Sachsen, which used the same arms as the current State. | From 1918-1945 it was the Free State of Sachsen, which used the same arms as the current State. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:de-1713.jpg|center|300 px]] <br/>The arms on a 1994 stamp. | |align="center"|[[File:de-1713.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a 1994 stamp. | ||
|align="center"|[[File:de-sachsen.jpg|center|400 px]] <br/>The arms on a 1994 FDC. | |align="center"|[[File:de-sachsen.jpg|center|400 px]] <br/>The arms on a 1994 FDC. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Ströhl, 1897; Schurdel, 1995 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]] : Ströhl, 1897; Schurdel, 1995 | ||
[[Category:German States]] | [[Category:German States]] | ||
[[Category:Sachsen]] | [[Category:Sachsen]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1991]] | [[Category:Granted 1991]] |
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