Coat of arms of Saxe Weimar Eisenach

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Crest Silver helm; crown Use Ended 1920		Supporters Two golden lions

Escutcheon Quarterly: the striped lion of Thüringia; the lion of the Margraviate of Meissen; the arms of the County of Hennenberg and Estate of Arenshaugk; Lordship of Blankenhain and the arms of the Tautenburg estate. Above all an escutcheon for Saxony Motto VIGILANDO ASCENDIMUS ("We rise by being vigilant")

The Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was created in 1815 when the area was raised to the title of Grand Duchy, and ended between 1918 with the transition of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach into the new state of Thuringia. The full grand ducal style was Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Landgrave in Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen, Princely Count of Henneberg, Lord of Blankenhayn, Neustadt and Tautenburg, and this is represented in the arms:

In the first quarter, the striped lion of Thüringia;

In the second quarter, the arms of the Margraviate of Meissen;

In the third quarter, the arms of the County of Hennenberg and of Neustadt-Arenshaugk;

In the fourth quarter, the arms of the Lord of Blankenhayn (Blankenheim) and Tautenb[o]urg;

Above all the arms of Saxony, as was tradition for the descendants of the Saxon line.

It was used on the Grand Ducal Standard c.1862 - c.1878.

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Coat of arms of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Wikipedia

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