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data-file-width="376" data-file-height="501" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Escutcheon-only version</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Armiger" title="Armiger">Armiger</a></th><td class="infobox-data">City of <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Crest_(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">Crest</a></th><td class="infobox-data">A city coronet Or with five leaves and a gate</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Shield_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shield (heraldry)">Shield</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Argent a bear rampant <a href="/wiki/Sable_(heraldry)" title="Sable (heraldry)">Sable</a> langued and armed <a href="/wiki/Gules_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gules (heraldry)">Gules</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Use</th><td class="infobox-data">The state logo may be used by the general public while the coat of arms proper is only eligible for use with authorities.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> of <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> is used by the <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> <a href="/wiki/City_state" class="mw-redirect" title="City state">city state</a> as well as the city itself. Introduced in 1954 for <a href="/wiki/West_Berlin" title="West Berlin">West Berlin</a>, it shows a black <a href="/wiki/Bear_in_heraldry" title="Bear in heraldry">bear</a> on a white shield. On top of the shield is a special crown, created by the amalgamation of the <a href="/wiki/Mural_crown" title="Mural crown">mural crown</a> of a city with the so-called <a href="/wiki/People%27s_crown" class="mw-redirect" title="People's crown">people's crown</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Volkskrone</i></span>), used in Germany to denote a republic. Berlin's various boroughs use their own emblems. </p><p>The bear has been used as a charge in the Berlin coat of arms since 1709, formerly alongside the <a href="/wiki/Eagle_(heraldry)" title="Eagle (heraldry)">eagles</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A bear occurs on seals, coins and signet rings from as early as the late 12th century (but not as heraldic charge before 1709), presumably due to a <a href="/wiki/Canting_arms" title="Canting arms">canting</a> association with the city's name.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms_of_Berlin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The oldest preserved and known seal of Berlin is from 1253. It depicts the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Brandenburg" title="Coat of arms of Brandenburg">Brandenburg Eagle</a> spreading its wings in a <a href="/wiki/Clover" title="Clover">clover</a>-shaped <a href="/wiki/Arch" title="Arch">archway</a>. The text on the seal is "<span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Sigillum de Berlin Burgensium</i></span>" (seal of Berlin's citizens). It supposedly was the seal of Berlin's first <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> Marsilius. </p><p>A later seal dated to 1280 shows bears as <a href="/wiki/Supporters" class="mw-redirect" title="Supporters">supporters</a> of the Brandenburg coat of arms. The bear appears to have risen in popularity during the 17th century, with an early depiction on a coat of arms in a signet ring dated 1603, and it was adopted as a heraldic charge in 1709. The shield was now divided in three parts, showing the bear below the eagles of Brandenburg and Prussia. Heraldist Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt in 1883 designed a number of proposals for a new coat of arms. One of these was the simplified <i>argent a bear rampant sable</i> with a <a href="/wiki/Mural_crown" title="Mural crown">mural crown</a> in the crest. This was in use as minor coat of arms from 1920, and was adopted as the only coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/West_Berlin" title="West Berlin">West Berlin</a> in 1954, while <a href="/wiki/East_Berlin" title="East Berlin">East Berlin</a> continued to use the design of 1935. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Klippe_Medal_Town_Seal_Berlin_1253,_obverse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The oldest known Berlin town seal of 1253 copied to the obverse of a Klippe medal by Deutscher Kulturbund, the cultural association of the GDR."><img alt="The oldest known Berlin town seal of 1253 copied to the obverse of a Klippe medal by Deutscher Kulturbund, the cultural association of the GDR." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Klippe_Medal_Town_Seal_Berlin_1253%2C_obverse.jpg/118px-Klippe_Medal_Town_Seal_Berlin_1253%2C_obverse.jpg" decoding="async" width="118" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Klippe_Medal_Town_Seal_Berlin_1253%2C_obverse.jpg/178px-Klippe_Medal_Town_Seal_Berlin_1253%2C_obverse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Klippe_Medal_Town_Seal_Berlin_1253%2C_obverse.jpg/237px-Klippe_Medal_Town_Seal_Berlin_1253%2C_obverse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3352" data-file-height="3397" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The oldest known Berlin <a href="/wiki/Seal_(emblem)" title="Seal (emblem)">town seal</a> of 1253 copied to the obverse of a <a href="/wiki/Klippe_(coin)" title="Klippe (coin)">Klippe medal</a> by <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Association_of_the_GDR" title="Cultural Association of the GDR">Deutscher Kulturbund, the cultural association of the GDR</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_Berlin_1280.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Guild Seal of Berlin, 1280"><img alt="Guild Seal of Berlin, 1280" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Seal_Berlin_1280.png/116px-Seal_Berlin_1280.png" decoding="async" width="116" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Seal_Berlin_1280.png/174px-Seal_Berlin_1280.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Seal_Berlin_1280.png/232px-Seal_Berlin_1280.png 2x" data-file-width="907" data-file-height="938" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Guild Seal of Berlin, 1280</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_Berlin_1338.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of 1338"><img alt="Seal of 1338" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Seal_Berlin_1338.png/120px-Seal_Berlin_1338.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Seal_Berlin_1338.png/180px-Seal_Berlin_1338.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Seal_Berlin_1338.png/240px-Seal_Berlin_1338.png 2x" data-file-width="969" data-file-height="968" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Seal of 1338</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signet_ring_of_Berlin_1603.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Signet ring of Berlin, 1603"><img alt="Signet ring of Berlin, 1603" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Signet_ring_of_Berlin_1603.png/119px-Signet_ring_of_Berlin_1603.png" decoding="async" width="119" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Signet_ring_of_Berlin_1603.png/178px-Signet_ring_of_Berlin_1603.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Signet_ring_of_Berlin_1603.png/238px-Signet_ring_of_Berlin_1603.png 2x" data-file-width="634" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Signet ring of Berlin, 1603</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_Berlin_1709.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The arms of Berlin, 1709"><img alt="The arms of Berlin, 1709" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Coat_of_arms_Berlin_1709.png/114px-Coat_of_arms_Berlin_1709.png" decoding="async" width="114" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Coat_of_arms_Berlin_1709.png/171px-Coat_of_arms_Berlin_1709.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Coat_of_arms_Berlin_1709.png/228px-Coat_of_arms_Berlin_1709.png 2x" data-file-width="915" data-file-height="961" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The arms of Berlin, 1709</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_Berlin_small_1883.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Lesser coat of arms (1883)"><img alt="Lesser coat of arms (1883)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Coat_of_arms_Berlin_small_1883.png/86px-Coat_of_arms_Berlin_small_1883.png" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Coat_of_arms_Berlin_small_1883.png/129px-Coat_of_arms_Berlin_small_1883.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Coat_of_arms_Berlin_small_1883.png/171px-Coat_of_arms_Berlin_small_1883.png 2x" data-file-width="853" data-file-height="1193" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Lesser coat of arms (1883)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Berlin.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of the city of Berlin as rendered by Hugo Gerhard Ströhl, Deutsche Wappenrolle, 1897"><img alt="Coat of arms of the city of Berlin as rendered by Hugo Gerhard Ströhl, Deutsche Wappenrolle, 1897" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Coat_of_Arms_of_Berlin.svg/98px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Berlin.svg.png" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Coat_of_Arms_of_Berlin.svg/147px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Berlin.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Coat_of_Arms_of_Berlin.svg/196px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Berlin.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="627" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms of the city of Berlin as rendered by Hugo Gerhard Ströhl, <i> Deutsche Wappenrolle</i>, 1897</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wappen_Gro%C3%9F-Berlin.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Greater Berlin 1920–1934"><img alt="Coat of arms of Greater Berlin 1920–1934" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Wappen_Gro%C3%9F-Berlin.png/107px-Wappen_Gro%C3%9F-Berlin.png" decoding="async" width="107" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Wappen_Gro%C3%9F-Berlin.png/160px-Wappen_Gro%C3%9F-Berlin.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Wappen_Gro%C3%9F-Berlin.png/214px-Wappen_Gro%C3%9F-Berlin.png 2x" data-file-width="623" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Berlin_Act" title="Greater Berlin Act">Greater Berlin</a> 1920–1934</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Berlin_1920.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of Berlin as the capital of the Weimar Republic"><img alt="Seal of Berlin as the capital of the Weimar Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Seal_of_Berlin_1920.png/120px-Seal_of_Berlin_1920.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Seal_of_Berlin_1920.png/180px-Seal_of_Berlin_1920.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Seal_of_Berlin_1920.png/240px-Seal_of_Berlin_1920.png 2x" data-file-width="836" data-file-height="807" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Seal of Berlin as the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Weimar_Republic" title="Weimar Republic">Weimar Republic</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Berlin_(1935).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms 1935–1954 and of East Berlin, 1954–1990."><img alt="Coat of arms 1935–1954 and of East Berlin, 1954–1990." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Coat_of_arms_of_Berlin_%281935%29.svg/62px-Coat_of_arms_of_Berlin_%281935%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Coat_of_arms_of_Berlin_%281935%29.svg/93px-Coat_of_arms_of_Berlin_%281935%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Coat_of_arms_of_Berlin_%281935%29.svg/125px-Coat_of_arms_of_Berlin_%281935%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="987" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms 1935–1954 and of <a href="/wiki/East_Berlin" title="East Berlin">East Berlin</a>, 1954–1990.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DEU_Berlin_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of West Berlin, 1954–1990."><img alt="Coat of arms of West Berlin, 1954–1990." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/DEU_Berlin_COA.svg/73px-DEU_Berlin_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="73" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/DEU_Berlin_COA.svg/109px-DEU_Berlin_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/DEU_Berlin_COA.svg/146px-DEU_Berlin_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="739" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/West_Berlin" title="West Berlin">West Berlin</a>, 1954–1990.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_logo">State logo</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms_of_Berlin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: State logo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To enable civilians and non-governmental institutions to express their affinity with Berlin, the Senate of the Interior and Sports provided a logo which features the arms' shield without the crown in black and white or coloured versions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_status">Legal status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms_of_Berlin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legal status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coat of arms was laid down in a law of 1954: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>§ 1 (1) The coat of arms shows on a silver (white) shield, a black bear rampant with tongue and claws in red. On the shield rests a golden five leaved crest coronet, whose tiara of brickwork is provided with a gate in the center. ... § 4 Decisive for the design of the state's coat of arms, the state's flag... are the patterns, added to this law. According to the state's coat of arms, an artistic design is reserved to special purposes. </p> <div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Federal Government, Law on the State Symbols of the State of Berlin of 13 May 1954 (GVBl. S. 289) <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Urban_symbol">Urban symbol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms_of_Berlin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Urban symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The bear has come to be used as the mascot of Berlin, and was used almost excessively by local authorities, so that Hans Brendicke, editor of the journal of the Historical Society of Berlin, in 1896 remarked on the ubiquity of badly designed bears in Berlin. A member of the Historical Society went on to collect a total of 273 different representations of bears in Berlin. Hildebrandt in 1915 again complained about the excesses of variation in the bear, especially deviation from the Prussian tincture of black on white.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The bear has remained the city's mascot,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2001 has been developed into the so-called <i><a href="/wiki/United_Buddy_Bears" title="United Buddy Bears">Berlin Buddy Bears</a></i>, fiberglass sculptures of bears first introduced in 2001, have been used to promote the qualities of "tolerance" and <i>Weltoffenheit</i> (cosmopolitanism) associated with the city. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 82px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 80px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddybear_Athen.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Berlin Buddy Bear"><img alt="The Berlin Buddy Bear" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Buddybear_Athen.jpg/120px-Buddybear_Athen.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Buddybear_Athen.jpg/179px-Buddybear_Athen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Buddybear_Athen.jpg/239px-Buddybear_Athen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="532" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_Buddy_Bears" title="United Buddy Bears">The Berlin Buddy Bear</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Two_Berlin-themed_T-shirts,_one_showing_occupation_map,_1984.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bear themed T-shirts, from 1984."><img alt="Bear themed T-shirts, from 1984." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Two_Berlin-themed_T-shirts%2C_one_showing_occupation_map%2C_1984.jpg/240px-Two_Berlin-themed_T-shirts%2C_one_showing_occupation_map%2C_1984.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Two_Berlin-themed_T-shirts%2C_one_showing_occupation_map%2C_1984.jpg/360px-Two_Berlin-themed_T-shirts%2C_one_showing_occupation_map%2C_1984.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Two_Berlin-themed_T-shirts%2C_one_showing_occupation_map%2C_1984.jpg/480px-Two_Berlin-themed_T-shirts%2C_one_showing_occupation_map%2C_1984.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bear themed <a href="/wiki/T-shirt" title="T-shirt">T-shirts</a>, from 1984.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bearlin_Graffiti.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Graffiti in Berlin"><img alt="Graffiti in Berlin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Bearlin_Graffiti.jpg/270px-Bearlin_Graffiti.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Bearlin_Graffiti.jpg/405px-Bearlin_Graffiti.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Bearlin_Graffiti.jpg/540px-Bearlin_Graffiti.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Graffiti in Berlin</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 69.333333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 67.333333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Statute_of_bear_holding_shield,_Berlin,_Germany.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue of bear carrying the coat of arms of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Berlin"><img alt="Statue of bear carrying the coat of arms of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Berlin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Statute_of_bear_holding_shield%2C_Berlin%2C_Germany.jpg/101px-Statute_of_bear_holding_shield%2C_Berlin%2C_Germany.jpg" decoding="async" width="68" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Statute_of_bear_holding_shield%2C_Berlin%2C_Germany.jpg/152px-Statute_of_bear_holding_shield%2C_Berlin%2C_Germany.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Statute_of_bear_holding_shield%2C_Berlin%2C_Germany.jpg/202px-Statute_of_bear_holding_shield%2C_Berlin%2C_Germany.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1151" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Statue of bear carrying the coat of arms of the <a href="/wiki/Margraviate_of_Brandenburg" title="Margraviate of Brandenburg">Margraviate of Brandenburg</a>, Berlin</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.berlin.de/sen/inneres/hoheitszeichen/wappengeschichte.html">the original</a> on 2007-09-29<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2007-10-11</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Der+B%C3%A4r+im+Berliner+Wappen+-+ein+geschichtlicher+Abriss&rft.au=Senatsverwaltung+f%C3%BCr+Inneres+und+Sport&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.berlin.de%2Fsen%2Finneres%2Fhoheitszeichen%2Fwappengeschichte.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACoat+of+arms+of+Berlin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Konrad Berlin, "Berliner Bär und Mäuseturm", <i>Muttersprache</i> 1958, pp. 271-273. The name <i>Berlin</i> is of Slavic origin and unrelated to the word <i>bear</i>, but the area was settled by German speakers from as early as the <a href="/wiki/Margraviate_of_Brandenburg" title="Margraviate of Brandenburg">12th century</a>. Reinhard E. Fischer: Die Ortsnamen der Länder Brandenburg und Berlin. 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