Miner (heraldry)

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The miner 's Heraldry a common figure and is also called Miner , miner , Hauer or buddy called.

The coat of arms shows a person standing or kneeling and often in a posture that is typical for work. Evident is the miner through the miner costume, by the gezähe hammer and chisel in the hands, by the miner's lamp or by other attributes (torch, pickaxe, etc.) of mining . The heraldic colors are practically limited to black or silver, but others are possible. One intends to explain coal, tin and silver or salt mining with black or silver.

The coat of arms figure is in the blazon describe sufficient because the presentation is often quite complicated. In addition to the representation in the escutcheon , the miner can also be found occasionally as a shield holder . The common figure is also known as a talking motif for the family name Bergmann or the like.

Examples

  • Standing miner with pick and lamp

  • Kneeling miner on site

  • Two miners as shield holders in the old coat of arms of Marienberg

literature

  • Oswald, Gert : Lexicon of Heraldry . Mannheim, Vienna, Zurich. 1984, p. 60.
  • Heinz Machatscheck: Entertaining heraldry. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1981, p. 40.

Web links

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