Coat of arms of the Czech Republic

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Categories: National symbols of the Czech Republic | National coats of arms | Czech Republic stubs | Heraldry stubs

Coat of arms of the Czech Republic

Versions
Image:Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic
Details

The Coat of Arms of the Czech Republic (Czech: Státní znak České republiky) displays the three historical regions which make up the nation.

The arms of Bohemia show a silver double-tailed lion on a red background¹. It is repeated in the lower-left-hand side of the coat of arms (from the perspective of the person holding the shield). The Moravian red-and-silver chequered eagle is shown on a blue blackground. The arms of Silesia are a black eagle with the so-called "clover stalk" in his breast on a golden background, although only a small south-eastern part of the historical region of Silesia belongs to the Czech Republic (see Czech Silesia).

The shield is also used as the badge for the Czech national football team and Czech national ice hockey team.

¹ Blazoned as gules, a lion rampant, queue fourchee argent, crowned, langued and armed or.

v • d • e Coats of arms of Europe
Sovereign states	Albania · Andorra · Armenia¹ · Austria · Azerbaijan² · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus¹ · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia² · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan³ · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia³ · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey³ · Ukraine · United Kingdom (England · Scotland · Northern Ireland · Wales) · Vatican City
Dependencies, autonomies, other territories	Abkhazia^2, x · Adjara¹ · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Åland · Azores · Crimea · Faroe Islands · Gagauzia · Gibraltar · Greenland⁴ · Guernsey · Jan Mayen · Jersey · Kosovo^x · Isle of Man · Madeira⁵ · Nagorno-Karabakh^1, x · Nakhchivan¹ · Northern Cyprus^1 x · South Ossetia^2, x · Svalbard · Republika Srpska · Transnistria^x
Included because of cultural, political and historical association with Europe: ¹ Entirely in Southwest Asia. ² Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the definition of the border. ³ Mostly in Asia. ⁴ Entirely in the North American Plate. ⁵ Entirely on the African Plate. ^x Unrecognised country.