Lighting pole
The lighting pole , often described as the lighting pole in literature, is a common figure in heraldry and is quite rare. The term Tarsten , which is also used for this, seems incorrect, because in heraldry it is sometimes used to name the shawm or a tuba .
A heraldic figure is shown in pairs , which in the upper coat of arms on the heraldic helmet resembles a wide, long pipe from which up to three flames flicker at the top and a flame flicks out about halfway up. The coat of arms figure is only known through the coat of arms of Theodor Heinrich von Langen - a member of the Langen nobility.
The coat of arms description of the coat of arms of Theodor Heinrich von Langen was originally: In blue five, right diagonally descending golden alarm clocks, on the helmet two gold illumination poles (note also illumination poles) on the top with three, on the side with a burning, reddish light.
Coat of arms of the von Langen family in the St. Bartholomäuskirche in Laumersheim
Web links
- Lighting pole in the Heraldry Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernhard Peter: Historical heraldic ex-libris (22), ex-libris by Georg Otto
- ↑ Anton Fahne: The dynasts, barons and current counts of Bocholtz. Volume 4, JM Heberle, Cologne 1857, p. 42.
- ↑ Anton Fahne: History of the Westphalian families with special consideration of their relocation to Prussia, Curland and Liefland. JM Heberle (H. Lempertz), Cologne 1858, p. 260.