Talk:Coat of arms of Hungary

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"Declaredly atheist worker state"... As far as I know the only officially declared atheist state was Albania under Hoxha.

As Wiki doesn't seem to have an article on "double cross" (a term I used as the literal translation of the Hungarian term), I'd like to know what's the English name of the white cross that can be seen in the right half of the coat of arms. Can anyone help? Alensha 14:57, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I believe it's called a Patriarchal Cross, for it matches the picture of said cross in my dictionary. But then, we seem to have a stub linking to that article now.... :)--User:Jenmoa 22:34, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I've just fixed some typos and tidied the punctuation and phrasing. I don't believe I've changed the meaning of anything written. Also wikified Anjou lily, but it doesn't have a page. Is this the same as a fleur-de-lis? --User:Jenmoa 22:49, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the corrections & the word suggestions. Yes, it seems it's the fleur-de-lis. Alensha 12:30, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Large coat of Arms
Hi, just updated the article with the Extended Coat of Arms from the 1930's. I'm currently working on the bigger version of the current Coat of Arms to replace that small one.


 * Thanks for the pictures! Alensha 00:09, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

More images
I have found some nice HQ images of Hungary's historical coats of arms on the web, and the author is willing to release them CC-by-sa, so as soon as I have time (a matter of a few weeks at the very most), I'll upload them to Commons and include them in the page. Just in case anyone was working on the same thing. KissL 14:04, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Um, it has taken quite a lot more time till I actually managed to get this done... Still, here they are. I've just added five of them, and here is the list of the rest:


 * Image:Vladislaus I of Hungary seal.png
 * Image:Matthias Corvinus of Hungary seal.png
 * Image:Hungary large coa 1849.png
 * Image:Hungary medium coa 1910.png (in place of the currently included unfree and lossy Image:Hungary coa huge.jpg)
 * Image:Hungary coa aka Kossuth.png

I'd appreciate any help with merging these too into the article while maintaining a more or less consistent layout.

There are also a few problems:
 * The text says "[King Imre's] seal didn't include the double cross, only the stripes, and there were nine lions on the white stripes" whereas on the image, the lions are on the red stripes. Can someone confirm which version is correct?
 * There is a similar inconsistency between the text and the image wrt Matthias Corvinus.

KissL (don't forget to vote!) 11:01, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Large / middle
I think the picture with the angels shows not the middle, but the large coat of arms. (see also the 2nd link in the External links section). Alensha 13:03, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Silver or white?
The Hungarian Constitution defines the colors of the stripes red and silver, not white. White is used in cases when printing quality would be poor for silver. "76. § (2) A Magyar Köztársaság címere hegyes talpú, hasított pajzs. Első mezeje vörössel és ezüsttel hétszer vágott. Második, vörös mezejében zöld hármas halomnak arany koronás kiemelkedő középső részén ezüst kettős kereszt. A pajzson a magyar Szentkorona nyugszik." I corrected the first paragraph accordingly. I think that the picture also should be replaced by a silver-striped version from the government portal. + The article mentions the white color in history, too. Could anybody confirm if silver or white was used in those times? --KIDB 17:28, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I thought "silver" means simply white in heraldry, but I'm not sure... – Alensha 寫 词 22:42, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

There is no white in heraldry only silver. But silver often represented by white. (As Gold represented by yellow.)

Right - left
In heraldry, you should determine directions as if you weared the coat of arms on your chest. So the heraldic right side appears on the left hand side on the screen.Timur lenk 19:50, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * This has still not been corrected. Caeruleancentaur (talk) 15:12, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I corrected it. Caeruleancentaur (talk) 00:26, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

byzantine influence ???
To my knowledge the double cross is NOT a byzantine but a ROMAN-catholic symbol. The first king of hungary St.Stephen was crowned in the year 1000 and the crown together with a double cross (apostolic cross) was send by pope sylvester. Because hungary sees itsself in the tradition of St. Stephen the cross is in the court of arms today —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.1.202.228 (talk) 07:28, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect picture nr. 4.
Someone pls correct herald nr 4. The current coat of arm was "invented" after fall Communist regime and it was not in line with the heraldics. The "old" heralds ALWAYS showed the coat of arm and on top, the Holy Crown, but never directly on top of herlad, but usually held by angels (and showing pendulum of crown, too). Unfortunately politicains have argued too much to have or not to have the crown on the herald, they forgot that this is incorrect, as the crown is missing its pendulum, which is not the right way to show the crown. So, picture nr. 4 should be with herald we know today, but the crown held by two angels from both sides (like in picture 5 but without the quite-messy herald:) ). Abdulka (talk) 15:30, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

description of the 5.th coat of arms in the article
The expression that Coat of arms included coats of arms of the conquered teritories is nonsense. Not only that this is not true, but even if this would be true it would be nonsense to include symbols of conquered teritories in its own coat of arms - a unique case in the history of mankind ever!!! If a country conqueres another country it will never include the coat of arms of the conquered state into its own coat os arms. Especially in the case of kingdoms of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia - the term conquered is not true. These Kingdoms had everything separate from Hungary (taxes, education, legislation, courts, parliament....). They were part of the same crown, i.e. the same king, but conquered - no.Hammer of Habsburg (talk) 22:12, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * How does Dalmatia come to this discussion? A parliament of Dalmatia? A parliamen of Slavonia? Where, when? Between what dates and what laws were made?Hobartimus (talk) 00:50, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Parlament in a despotistik or kingdoom rule? Where are U live?

coat of arms 1944-45
During the rule of the Arrow Cross Party in 1944-1945 at the end of World War II, the letter "H" (for Hungaria) and the Arrow Cross symbol were added to it.
 * Coat of arms of Hungary (1945).svg

The H does mean "Hit". The hit hungarian word does mean Faith&Belief. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.105.231.132 (talk) 06:53, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

The "Kossuth coat of arms" is a lie!
I would like to clear a misconception here.

There was no coat of arms without the crown in 1848, and neither Kossuth nor anyone else removed it. Kossuth was a lawyer, so he knew Hungarian legal traditions well and would've never removed the crown. Actually a minor far rightist group - we can actually call them communists as they were - led by Mihaly Tancsics tried to use the coat of arms without the crown in different publications and propaganda posters. But it was never official.

The crownless version only appeared in 1918, after the Freemason-backed "Aster Revolution" - widely called the "Revolution of Rats" - when Mihály Károlyi, the first President of the Republic made it the official coat of arms. For propaganda reasons, since the idea of the republic was not at all warmly welcomed by the people, they called their creation the "Kossuth coat of arms", claiming it is from 1848. This was not the only lie of the "rat government". Károlyi was later tried for treason and other capital crimes in his absence.

Despite the quick fall of the 1918 government and the republic itself the common misconception about the "Kossuth coat of arms" holds firmly in Hungary even today. They used this symbol in 1956 by mistake. Actually this is the only legacy of the "revolution of rats" today. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.44.63.183 (talk) 01:19, 29 August 2010 (UTC)


 * BTW, when I see the words Freemason and misconception-clearing, I reach for my LOL. Torzsmokus (talk) 10:57, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Nitra coat of arms
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Omen1229 (talk • contribs) 20:27, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Only hunagrian coat of arms??
When double cross and hills are the coat only of Hunagry i had 2 questions, where are in plain Hungary hills? Second question is. Why this cross was used normally only in upper Hungarian /today Slovakia/ towns as coat of arms with slavic people?
 * Easy. Stolen by Slovaks and Rumanians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Hungary

http://www.turistikaonline.sk/index.php?m=208

just to compare — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.127.7.30 (talk) 12:10, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

False representation
The history section states for : The coat of arms with the stripes on the (bearer's) right and the cross on the hills on the (bearer's) left appeared during the reign of Louis I of Hungary (1342-1382). This is completely false and wrong. It did not appear during the reign of Louis I. And not only did it not appear during the reign of Louis I it wasn't set or became regular during Matthias II or Maria Theresa either.

Now, on the image page for the arms on this article (arguing it appeared during Louis I) there are two links in supposed affirmation of that assertion, however if we take a look at them: and, we can see that they both show the arms of Matthias Corvinus (1458-1490) CoA who used a quartered shield composed of: Arpad stripes, Double cross CoA, Dalmatia (actually representing Croatian kingdom) and Bohemia. Also including a family (Corvinus) CoA as escutcheon. The other link from the illumination also shows us the arms of Matthias Corvinus, again quartered shield, with Arapd stripes, Double cross, Bohemia and Corvinus. None of these show the Impaled shield that is the modern-day coat of arms of Hungary.

Louis I used the next arms: Seal as heir apparent, Seal as king, front, Seal as king, back. He also used a great arms (or what would later be described as middle arms): - From Gelre Armorial showing quartered clockwse: 1. Arpad stripes impaled with (Capetian House of Anjou family CoA), 2. Poland 3. Hungary - Double Cross 4. Croatia (today known as "Dalmatia CoA"). His daughter Mary used the same arms.

Sigismund of Luxembourg used a quartered shield with Bohemia and Arpad stripes or impaled Bohemia and Arpad Stripes. His second seal. His seal as Emperor.

Albert II of Germany used the same arms as Sigismund  with a Babenberg (Austria) escutcheon. Albert's great seal.

Conclusion: In fact this CoA first appeared on Vladislaus I (1440-1444) coins, then on Matthias II coins, Ferdinand III coins and Maria Theresa coins. It was only during Joseph II that it appeared as a proper coat of arms as part of the in 1765 when he became co-Emperor/King with his mother Maria Theresa. Shokatz (talk) 14:27, 3 March 2014 (UTC)