approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,740,558
edits
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) (Created page with '{|width="100%" style="color:black; background-color:#ffffcc;" |width="15%"|50 px|left |width="70%" align="center" |'''Heraldry of the World<br/>Civic heraldr…') |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replace - "'''Origin/meaning :'''<br/>" to "====Origin/meaning====") |
||
Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
[[File:absberg.jpg|center]] | [[File:absberg.jpg|center]] | ||
====Origin/meaning==== | |||
The town was the seat of the Lords of Absberg and the arms are derived from the arms of the family. <br> | The town was the seat of the Lords of Absberg and the arms are derived from the arms of the family. <br> | ||
Until 1820 the seals and images of the arms showed only the chevron, sometimes in a divided shield (red and blue), but mainly in a silver field. In the early 19<sup>th</sup> century a small star was placed in the point, which was later replaced by the hills, as in the above arms. These are a canting element (Berg=mountain). | Until 1820 the seals and images of the arms showed only the chevron, sometimes in a divided shield (red and blue), but mainly in a silver field. In the early 19<sup>th</sup> century a small star was placed in the point, which was later replaced by the hills, as in the above arms. These are a canting element (Berg=mountain). |
edits