Bergischer lion
The Bergisch lion is the heraldic animal of the former Duchy of Berg . Today it is still used by many of the local communities, towns and districts, but also by companies and associations in their coat of arms.
origin
The heraldic animal referred to as the Bergische Löwen is the Limburg lion in origin . Heinrich IV of Limburg added this lion to the Bergisch coat of arms after the Count von Berg had passed to his wife Irmgard von Berg . The last count from the old Berg family was Engelbert II. Count von Berg, who had been Archbishop of Cologne - known as Engelbert I of Cologne - since 1216 . Engelbert occupied Berg after the death of his brother Adolf , who had fallen before Damiette in 1218 , and waged war with the Limburgers. The inheritance from Engelbert to Heinrich was regulated by the peace treaty of 1220 between Engelbert and the Limburgers, who was only to inherit after Engelbert's death. Very shortly after the violent death of Count Engelbert II in 1225, Heinrich took over the rule of the county, which his wife Irmgard would have granted as Adolf's heir as early as 1218. His brother-in-law Friedrich von Isenberg was braided on the bike in front of Cologne's Severinstor for the murder of his cousin Engelbert von Berg / Cologne the following year.
presentation
In the Bergisch coat of arms, the Bergisch lion is shown in red in a silver (white) field. In contrast to the Limburg lion, he wears a blue crown and reinforcement . Both the Limburg lion and the Bergische are double-tailed - as a split and crossed tail. In the context of coat of arms descriptions, the knocked out tongue and the claws are referred to as weapons or armor . The large, reaching out paws are not mentioned as this is the typical position. As a heraldic animal, the erect lion is a common figure in heraldry . He has the rising standard coat of arms position. His direction of view to the right is also standard in heraldry and is not mentioned separately in the description of the coat of arms .
Many Bergische cities and communities as well as companies or associations have introduced the Bergische Löwen in their coat of arms, it is often decorated with different devices such as swords , anchors , keys , agricultural implements or other symbols. In this case the paw is mentioned. The list of coats of arms with the Bergisch lion gives an overview .
The Bergische Löwe in Düsseldorf
The Bergische Löwe is the namesake of the Düsseldorf lion mustard .
At the beginning of January 1916, a wooden statue of the Bergischer Löwen was erected as a "war landmark" (nail figure for war nails ) at the end of Königsallee at Graf-Adolf-Platz on a base made of shell limestone. The larger-than-life sculpture created by the Düsseldorf sculptor Johannes Knubel was studded with nails made of iron and bronze, the sales proceeds of which helped alleviate the war - in this way, a considerable 800,000 marks were raised by January 1917 . The wooden sculpture, covered with nails and plaques, was so badly weathered by 1934 that it was removed. The bronze mask of the lion's head and some plaques with inscriptions were given to the city museum. Knubel created a new lion out of teak by 1937, which was badly damaged in a bomb attack in 1942 and then cleared away. The head of the second lion also went to the city museum.
It was not until 1963, for the 675th anniversary of the city, that the CG Trinkaus bank donated a new bronze lion (on the occasion of its 175th anniversary in 1960), created by the sculptor Philipp Harth and cast by the Schmäke art foundry . Since its unveiling on September 14, 1963, it has stood at the southern end of the trench on Königsallee .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The Bergische Löwe, the Düsseldorf war landmark, after its completion. The landmark is to be handed over to its intended use on the southern round square of Königsallee at the beginning of January. In: Rhein und Düssel , (No. 1), illustrated weekly for the Düsseldorfer General-Anzeiger, from January 1, 1916.
- ^ Gerhard Schneider: In iron time. War symbols in the First World War. A catalog. Schwalbach (Taunus) 2013, p. 189 f.