441. Which coat of arms belongs to the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein?

Answer options

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Explanation

Schleswig-Holstein’s state arms are party per pale: dexter Or, two lions azure passant guardant armed and langued gules (Schleswig); sinister gules, a nettle-leaf argent (Holstein). In 1957, under the heraldic principle of courtoisie, the lions were turned to face the nettle-leaf, emphasizing the symbolic union of the former duchies. As an official emblem, use is regulated by the Land’s law on state symbols and protected by federal criminal/administrative provisions (including § 132a StGB and rules under the OWiG). Within Germany’s federal order, Land coats of arms express the constitutionally guaranteed identity of the Länder (Arts. 28, 30 Basic Law) and their historical continuity from the Danish–German borderlands to the present Federal Republic.