Coat of arms of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

National symbol

Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Crest	Silver helm; crown
Shield	Quarterly: the striped lion of Thuringia; the lion of the Margraviate of Meissen; the arms of the County of Henneberg and Estate of Arnshaugk; Lordship of Blankenhain and the arms of the Tautenburg estate. Above all an escutcheon for Saxony
Supporters	Two golden lions
Motto	VIGILANDO ASCENDIMUS ("We rise by being vigilant")
Use	Ended 1918

The Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was created in 1815 when the area was raised to the title of Grand Duchy, and ended in 1918 with the transition of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach into the new state of Thuringia. The full grand ducal style was Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Landgrave in Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen, Princely Count of Henneberg, Lord of Blankenhayn, Neustadt and Tautenburg, and this is represented in the arms:

In the first quarter, the striped lion of Thuringia;^[1]^[2]
In the second quarter, the arms of the Margraviate of Meissen;^[2]
In the third quarter, per pale the arms of the County of Henneberg and of Neustadt-Arnshaugk [de];^[2]
In the fourth quarter, per pale the arms of the Lord of Blankenhayn (Blankenhain) and Tautenburg;^[2]
Above all the arms of Saxony, as was tradition for the descendants of the Saxon line.^[2]

It was used on the Grand Ducal Standard c.1862 - c.1878.^[1]

References

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach on International Heraldry, accessed 2009-04-12.

^ ^a ^b Grand Ducal Standards until 1918 (Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany) at Flags of the World. Dated 2001/2002. Accessed 2009-05-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine on Heraldique-Europeenne. Authored by Bunel, Arnaud. Accessed 2009-05-25. (in French)