Check all four fields together.
From your viewpoint, the pale lion is at the upper left, the red cross at the upper right, the red diagonal band at the lower left and the gold lion at the lower right. Three small silver eagle figures sit on the band. The blue background is scattered with small silver crosses.
The motifs recall historical territories in today’s Saar region: Saarbrücken, Trier, Lorraine and Palatinate-Zweibrücken. They tell a historical story; they do not divide present-day Saarland into four current counties.
The other three answers
The other shields have different arrangements.
1
Image 1 combines a cross, a wheel and a gold lion beneath a leafy crown. The wheel and three-part layout distinguish it from Saarland’s shield.
2
Image 2 shows a red-and-white striped lion on blue with pale stars. It lacks the red cross and diagonal band in separate fields.
3
Image 3 contains a black bull’s head on gold beside a red griffin on white. This two-part arrangement does not match Saarland’s four-part emblem.
Left and right depend on the viewpoint.
The law describes the coat of arms from the shield bearer’s viewpoint. Their right is the viewer’s left. This explanation uses your viewpoint when looking at the picture.
Image 4 is the answer in this particular order. The original remains unchanged in the quiz. The two editorial AI images are study illustrations and do not reproduce the official emblem.
Section 1 · State coat of arms · Saarland State Symbols Act ↗Four fields, two lions → Saarland, image 4.
Add the red cross and diagonal band with three small birds in your mind.
Three words for this question
- geviertquartered
- Divided into four fields.
- der Schrägbalkendiagonal band
- A diagonal stripe within a coat of arms.
- der Schildhaltershield bearer
- The person whose viewpoint determines right and left in the legal description.