Heraldic registries in Germany

Since 1918 German law has provided for the existence of non-profit private heraldic associations (heraldische Gemeinschaften) which enroll the arms of private citizens. These enrolments are protected under the Code of Civil Law (bürgerliche Gesetzbuch).

 

Der Herold

Verein für Heraldik, Genealogie und Verwante Wissenschaften (“The Herald”, Association for Heraldry, Genealogy and Related Sciences), Berlin

 

Heraldische Verein “Zum Kleeblatt”

“The Cloverleaf” Heraldry Association, Hannover

 

“Der Wappen-Löwe” Heraldische Gesellschaft

“The Armorial Lion” Heraldry Society, München

 

Die Hessische Wappenrolle

Sponsored by the Hessische familiengeschichtliche Vereinigung (Hessian Family History Association), Darmstadt

 

Heraldische Gemeinschaft Wesftalen

Westphalian Heraldry Association, Bochum

 

Rhein-Main Wappenrolle

Published by the Historische und Kulturelle Förderverein Schloß Alsbach (Historical and Cultural Research Association of Alsbach Castle)

 

Ostdeutsche Wappenrolle

East German Roll of Arms, for the Länder Brandenburg, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, founded in 2005 and based in Braunichswalde

 

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