311. Which coat of arms belongs to the Free State of Bavaria?

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Explanation

“Free State” denotes Bavaria’s republican form within Germany’s federal order. By statute since 1950, the state coat of arms displays a quartered shield with the Palatine lion (Upper Palatinate), the Franconian rake, the blue panther (Old Bavaria), and the three black lions (Swabia), with Bavaria’s white-and-blue lozenges in an inescutcheon. It is topped by the people’s crown (Volkskrone), signaling a post-monarchical, republican identity. The symbols are grounded in the 1946 Bavarian Constitution and the 1950 Law on State Symbols, an area reserved to the Länder under the Basic Law.