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01Hessen · Hessen’s coat of arms

Hessen’s coat of arms shows a red-and-white striped lion on blue.

The upright lion and blue shield belong together. In the supplied test illustration, Hessen’s coat of arms is number 1.

About 4 min readReviewed: 20 October 2026
AI-generated red and white paper strips beside a plain blue piece of fabric on a table.
Hessen’s state-symbol lawSection 1 · State coat of arms
Symbolic study materials for colour recognition; not an official coat of arms or logo.
The short answer

Image 1 shows Hessen’s state coat of arms.

The state-symbol law describes an upright lion divided into silver and red bands on a blue shield. Silver appears as white in the coloured graphic.

Try it for yourselfHessen · No. 01
Which coat of arms belongs to the federal state of Hessen?
Four numbered coats of arms: 1 upright red-and-white striped lion on blue with a gold leafy ornament above the shield; 2 black bear on a light shield with a gold crown above; 3 two blue lions on yellow beside a white serrated leaf on red; 4 black-and-gold stripes crossed by a green diagonal band.
Unchanged coat-of-arms graphic for Hessen question 1 from the existing question bank; not an AI illustration.

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Check the animal, then its colours and shield.

Hessen’s lion stands on its hind legs. Its body has alternating light and red stripes, and its claws are golden. A gold-coloured leafy ornament rests above the blue shield. It is on the shield, rather than a crown worn on the animal’s head.

Lions occur in many coats of arms, so finding any lion-like animal is not enough. Here, the combination of one striped lion and the blue background identifies the correct picture. Reading the number below it is the final step.

Two fictional adults compare red and white paper strips with blue fabric.
AI-generated study scene; the actual coat-of-arms image appears separately in the knowledge check.

The other three answers

The other pictures have different animals, colours or shield divisions.

2

Image 2 shows a black bear on a light shield. The bear has no red-and-white stripes, and the shield is not blue.

3

Image 3 is divided vertically: one side has two blue lions on yellow, the other a white serrated leaf on red. This is not the single striped lion on blue.

4

Image 4 has black-and-gold horizontal stripes crossed by a green diagonal band. There is no lion.

The official coat of arms is not every Hessen logo.

The Interior Ministry distinguishes the coat of arms from the separate Hessen symbol, which uses a stylised lion. A modern logo or simplified promotional graphic can look different from the statutory emblem. This exercise uses the unchanged catalogue illustration.

The coat of arms is protected, while the ministry also identifies permitted scientific, educational and collecting uses. This is not a general licence to use it as a business logo. Our AI companion images show only study materials, not a recreated official emblem.

Section 1 · State coat of arms · Hessen’s state-symbol law ↗
Your memory cue

Hessen: striped lion, blue shield.

It is image 1 in this exercise. Learn the design rather than only the digit.

Three words for this question

das Landeswappenstate coat of arms
An official emblem of the federal state.
steigendrampant / upright
The heraldic description of the animal standing upright.
silbernsilver
A heraldic colour shown here as white.
Hessenrecht · Gesetz über die Hoheitszeichen, §§ 1 und 6 ↗

Connect the emblem with other features of Hessen.

HE 05What colors does the state flag of Hessen?
Catalogue answer

red-white

Hessen’s state colours are red and white.

HE 07The state capital of Hessen is called ...
Catalogue answer

Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is the state capital.

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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.