401. Which coat of arms belongs to the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia?

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Explanation

The coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia is per pale: to dexter vert a wavy bend sinister argent (the Rhine), to sinister gules a horse rampant argent (the Westphalian horse), and in base or the Lippe rose. It symbolizes the historical components Rhineland, Westphalia, and Lippe from which the Land was constituted in 1946/47 under British occupation. As a state emblem it is protected by Land legislation (Statute on the state colors, flag, and coat of arms); use is generally reserved to public authorities with regulated variants (greater/lesser arms). Within the federal order of the Basic Law (Art. 28(1)), such emblems express the constituent statehood of the Länder.