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01Hamburg · Recognising Hamburg’s coat of arms

Hamburg’s coat of arms shows a white castle on red.

Three towers and a closed gate identify the castle. In the supplied test illustration, the correct coat of arms is number 2.

About 4 min readReviewed: 20 October 2026
AI-generated white wooden blocks on a red tray in a bright learning room.
Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgArticle 5 · State coat of arms
Symbolic colour and shape motif; not a recreated Hamburg coat of arms.
The short answer

Image 2 belongs to the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

Article 5 of Hamburg’s constitution describes a red shield with a white castle with three towers. Look for the castle as the main design, rather than relying on the colour red alone.

Try it for yourselfHamburg · No. 01
Which coat of arms belongs to the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg?
Four numbered coats of arms: 1 white horse on red; 2 white castle with three towers, closed gate, cross and two stars on red; 3 wavy line, lion and rose in separate sections; 4 stripes, green diagonal band, eagle and bear on a wall.
Unchanged coat-of-arms graphic for Hamburg question 1 from the existing question bank; not an AI illustration.

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Look at the towers, gate and shield together.

In the correct picture, the light-coloured castle stands on a solid red shield. A cross appears above the middle tower, with two stars beside it. The gate is closed. These details help distinguish the design from a white horse or a shield divided into several sections.

The name Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg identifies the federal state. Its coat of arms is an official emblem. The castle in the shield is not a task to recognise a particular building that can be visited today from a photograph. The answer depends on the officially defined design.

Two fictional adults examine white shapes on a red tray.
AI-generated learning scene; the actual catalogue graphic remains separate in the knowledge check.

The other three answers

None of the other pictures shows Hamburg’s castle on a red shield.

1

Image 1 shows a white rearing horse on red. The colours are similar, but a horse is not a castle with three towers.

3

Image 3 is divided into several sections and contains a light wavy line, a lion and a rose. It lacks the single white castle on red.

4

Image 4 combines stripes, a green diagonal band, an eagle and a bear on a wall. This composite design is not Hamburg’s coat of arms.

Distinguish the coat of arms from the modern city logo.

Hamburg uses several official designs. The larger coat of arms adds further elements around the shield. The modern Hamburg logo, by contrast, includes an open gate and a blue wave. Those design variations do not change the requested coat of arms: this question concerns the white castle with a closed gate on red.

The digit 2 belongs only to the arrangement in this exercise. The unchanged catalogue graphic appears in the knowledge check; the AI-generated companion pictures are symbolic study motifs, not official coats of arms. Recognising an official emblem does not mean it may be used freely as one’s own logo.

Article 5 · State coat of arms · Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg ↗
Your memory cue

Hamburg: white castle, three towers, red shield.

In this exercise, the castle is number 2. The closed gate also distinguishes the coat of arms from the modern Hamburg logo.

Three words for this question

die Burgcastle
The central design in Hamburg’s coat of arms.
dreitürmigwith three towers
The pictured castle has three towers.
das Torgate
The castle’s entrance; it is closed in the state coat of arms.
Landesrecht Hamburg · Verfassung, Artikel 5 ↗

Connect the emblem with Hamburg’s colours and form of state.

HH 05What colors does the state flag of Hamburg?
Catalogue answer

white-red

The white castle also appears on the red state flag.

HH 07Which federal state is ein Stadtstaat?
Catalogue answer

Hamburg

Hamburg is both a city and a federal state.

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Sources & context

An independently written study guide, not an official BAMF publication or advice for an individual case. The sources below were reviewed on 20 October 2026 for the claims explained here; the test question comes from the existing question bank.

The two editorial pictures are AI-generated illustrations. They do not document real events or official proceedings.The separate image beside the exam question is the unchanged file from the existing question bank, not an AI illustration.