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Unread 11-24-2003, 08:44 PM   #1
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George, any of these look like it?

GERMAN STATE'S COAT OF ARMS - An old image showing the German National Arms between the arms of the former West German States and their predecessors : small shield from top left (year of oldest picture): Hamburg (1450), Bremen (1369), Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (1390), Berlin (1460), Hessen (1247), Bayern (1302), Schwaben (1216), Saarbr�¼cken (1284), Rheinpfalz (1252), Westfalen (1480) and Schleswig-Holstein (1386); Main shield: Hamburg, Bremen, Niedersachsen, Berlin, Hessen, Bayern, Baden-W�¼rttemberg, Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein.
Germany is divided in States (L�¤nder). These states are subdivided in Landkreise or Rural districts, which are made up of municipalities (Gemeinden) and Kreisfreie St�¤dte, or cities. In some states municipalities are combined into �?mter and Grossgemeinden (larger bodies, but the individual municipalities still exist).
Source: Heraldik aus 9 Jahrhunderten - zur Geschichte des Familienwappens.
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