Coat of arms of Baden

Coat of arms of the Margraves
and Grand Dukes of Baden
Adopted1243
CrestIssuant from a crest coronet a peacock plume proper between two ostrich feathers the dexter or and the sinister gules
ShieldOr a bend gules
SupportersTwo griffins rampant regardant argent
Other elementsMantling: gules doubled or
The historical state of Baden, in present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The coat of arms of Baden comes from the personal arms of the Margraves and Grand Dukes of Baden, the traditional rulers of the region.[1] Following the revolution and abolition of the Grand Duchy in 1918, the arms and griffin supporters were usurped from the Grand Dukes by the new republic to represent the people and country.

Baden entered as a state of the Weimar Republic the year following the revolution, and subsequently went through several changes and redistricting after World War II. Baden is today part of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, where one can still see the arms of Baden represented in the coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg, as a badge atop the modern federal state's arms.

  1. ^ Schiering, Timo; Christian Kübrich (2005). "Die Wappen der Deutschen Bundesländer". Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg; Fakultät GGeo; Lehrstuhl für Historische Hilfswissenschaften. Retrieved 9 February 2016.