Coat of arms of Saarland
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Escutcheon	Quarterly: an argent (white/silver) lion on a blue field; a red cross on an argent field; an Or lion on a black field; a red bend (stripe) on an Or (gold/yellow) field with three alerions
Constituent parts	The arms of Saarbrücken (or Nassau-Saarbrücken), Archbishopric of Trier, Electoral Palatinate and Lorraine

This article is about the coat of arms of the German state of Saarland.

The coat of arms of Saarland is parted per cross:

• The first field shows the coat of arms of the prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken, a silver lion with golden crown, between nine crosses agent. The shield is blue. It represents the town district of Saarbrücken and the district of Neunkirchen.
• The second field shows the coat of arms of the prince elector, archbishop of Trier, in Trier. The charge is a red three-dimensional symmetric cross. The arms are advance to the axis. The field represents the districts of Merzig-Wadern and St Wendel.
• The third field, the coat of arms of the prince elector Palatinate, represents the Saarpfalz district, which once was part of the Palatinate. The black shield is charged with a yellow lion rampant, whose claws and tongue are painted in red.
• The forth field shows the coat of arms of the duchy of Lorraine and represents the district of Saarlouis. It shows three silver alerions on a red bend, on a yellow field.

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 crosses 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, 10th December 2001

—State Governement (Müller (Prime Minister); Kramp-Karrenbauer (Minister of the Interior and Sports), Saar Law on State Symbols of November 7, 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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• Flag of Saarland
• Coat of arms of Prussia
• Coat of arms of Germany
• Origin of the coats of arms of German federal states.

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