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207: 64: 254: 234: 222: 270: 52: 26: 475: 40: 150:, first seen on a ship's seal in 1230. This is also the oldest reference to its own national emblem of the city, with the Imperial eagle appearing a little later, first seen on early 14th-century coins. The colors of the shield are thought not to come from the 253: 206: 154:, but from the Imperial arms. From around 1450 the two arms were found combined, the eagle bearing the Hanseatic coat of arms as breast shield. Its continued use today makes it not the oldest coat of arms of 326: 133:
has for a long time had a double coat of arms — one with the eagle as a symbol of the Imperial freedom enjoyed by the city from 1226 to 1937; one with Hanseatic colors of silver over red and the so-called
173:, the traditional red-and-white coat of arms sat on a pair of black eagle's wings, an approximate representation of the Lübeck double eagle; this combination on a white field. As Lübeck was one of the 233: 169:
on 1 January 1811, the city received a new coat of arms, to emphasise the position of Lübeck as a community within the French state. In this emblem, designed by the
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gules, with three golden Imperial bees, was added. This coat of arms was awarded to Lübeck by Napoleon Bonaparte on 13 June 1811 with a signed
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The official coat of arms of the city since 1997, designed by Professor Kurt Weidemann
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Coat of arms in a window of the Imperial Supreme Court building in Leipzig (now the
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The origin of the Lübeck shield is not certain, but thought to be derived from the
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Greater coat of arms of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck during the
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sable, overall an escutcheon party per fess argent and gules
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from the official website of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
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Origin of the coats of arms of German federal states
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Armiger
Lübeck
Crest
Shield
Or
double-headed eagle
Supporters
Lübeck
Hanseatic flag
County of Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Flensburg
First French Empire
chief
Greater Hamburg Act
Free State of Prussia
Province of Schleswig-Holstein
Greater coat of arms of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck during the German Empire
German Empire
An earlier representation of the coat of arms
Mosaic from the vertical-lift bridge over the Elbe–Lübeck Canal below the castle gate
vertical-lift bridge
Elbe–Lübeck Canal
Coat of arms in a window of the Imperial Supreme Court building in Leipzig (now the Federal Administrative Court of Germany)
Federal Administrative Court of Germany
The official coat of arms of the city since 1997, designed by Professor Kurt Weidemann

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