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The coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle with red feet, beak and tongue on a yellow field, blazoned: ''Or, an eagle displayed sable beaked langued and membered gules''. This is the ''Bundesadler'' or "Federal Eagle", formerly the ''Reichsadler'' or "Imperial Eagle". It is a re-introduction of the coat of arms of the Weimar Republic (in use 1919–1935) adopted by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1950.〔''Bekanntmachung betreffend das Bundeswappen und den Bundesadler'' (Proclamation on the Federal Coat-of-Arms and the Federal Eagle), published 20 January 1950, in the'' Bundesgesetzblatt'' I 1950, p. 26, and ''Bekanntmachung über die farbige Darstellung des Bundeswappens'' (Proclamation on the Coloured Representation of the Federal Coat-of-Arms), published 4 July 1952 in the ''Bundesanzeiger'' no. 169, 2 September 1952.〕 The current official design is due to Tobias Schwab (1887–1967) and was introduced in 1928. The German Empire of 1871–1918 had re-introduced the medieval coat of arms of the Holy Roman Emperors, in use during the 13th and 14th centuries (a black single-headed eagle on a golden background), before the emperors adopted the double-headed eagle, beginning with Sigismund of Luxemburg in 1433. The single-headed Prussian Eagle (on a white background, ''Argent, an eagle displayed sable'') was used as an escutcheon to represent the Prussian Kings as dynasts of the German Empire. The Weimar Republic introduced a version in which the escutcheon and other monarchical symbols were removed. ==Holy Roman Empire== The German Imperial Eagle (''Reichsadler'') originates from a proto-heraldic emblem believed to have been used by Charlemagne, the first Frankish ruler crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope in 800, and derived ultimately from the ''Aquila'' or eagle standard, of the Roman army. By the 13th century the imperial coat of arms was generally recognised as: ''Or, an eagle displayed sable beaked and membered gules'' (a black eagle with wings expanded with red beak and legs on a gold field). During the medieval period the imperial eagle was usually single-headed. A double-headed eagle is attributed as the arms of Frederick II in the ''Chronica Majora'' (c. 1250). In 1433 the double-headed eagle was adopted by Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor. Thereafter the double-headed eagle was used as the arms of the German emperor, and hence as the symbol of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. From the 12th century the Emperors also used a personal coat of arms separate from the imperial arms. From the reign of Albert II (reigned 1438–39), the Emperors bore the old Imperial arms with an inescutcheon of pretence of his personal family arms, which appears as the black eagle with an escutcheon on his breast. ;Coats of arms of the Holy Roman Empire File:Attributed Coat and Shield of Arms of Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (Chronica Majora).svg|First depiction of the ''Reichsadler'' as double-headed (coat of arms of Otto IV from the Chronica Majora, c. 1250) File:Virgil Solis HWG Wappen des HRR mit Putti.jpg|The arms of the Holy Roman Empire with two putti (1540s manuscript) File:Siebmacher001.jpg| Imperial coat of arms (''Röm() Kayserlicher und Kön() May() Wappen'') from Siebmachers Wappenbuch (1605) File:Middle Coat of Arms of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1804-1806).svg|The arms 1804–1806 under Francis II (Francis I of Austria). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coat of arms of Germany」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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