Falcon (heraldic animal)

As a heraldic animal , the falcon is not as common in heraldry as the eagle .

presentation

Its representation in the coat of arms is sometimes done in such a way that a decorated cap is placed on it. Here it can be springs or clamps. He often wears a small bell around his neck. Clamps are also attached to both fangs. Compared to the eagle, the size of the falcon in the coat of arms is also appropriately smaller.

The coloring is carried out analogously as with the other heraldic animals. The falcon can be lying on top , sitting on top or very similar to the real form in the coat of arms. Whether it is a falcon can be found in the description of the coat of arms ( blazon ). The uniqueness cannot always be determined with certainty.

Hunting falcon with bonnet
Falkau
Falcon, flying up
Falkenstein / Vogtl. until 1990
also in
Laer
three sinking red armored blue falcons
Kötschlitz on stakes
Ready to fly in
Oberaudorf
Falcon, flying
mop
approaching in
Tinningstedt
Frederiksberg Kommune / DK - Blazon see here

interpretation

Because the falcon was a servant, captured animal, it was not popular in medieval heraldry.

It is more common as a more modern, talking coat of arms ( Falkenstein / Vogtl. , Falkau , Falkenberg or Falkenstein / Harz ), or a direct reference to falconry and scavenging - then utensils such as bells (bells) and hood can be shown alone.

Coat of arms with falcon

Syria , Kuwait , the United Arab Emirates and Libya each have a Quraish falcon in their national emblems . When Sudan is a secretary .

Municipalities include Schotten , Markt Schwaben , Falkenstein (Upper Palatinate) and Sokolov ( Falkenau an der Eger ).

The combat units of the German Task Force Kunduz III ( training and protection battalion II / 2011), which operated in 2011 during the ISAF mission in the troubled district of Char Darah in Afghanistan , said they chose the falcon as their heraldic animal in order to carry through the proud Animal to show respect for the Afghan people.

Falcon as heraldic shield

Parade of the department of the " Lyceum am Falkenplatz " (1925) for calisthenics at the fighting games on the Buniamshof

A special feature in heraldry is the depiction of a falcon as a coat of arms. Here, the falcon forms a shield edge with the curved wings and replaces the usual heraldic coat of arms. An example is the coat of arms of Kuwait .

Falcon as the namesake of the order

The falcon gave its name to a five-class house order, the order of the White Falcon in the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach .

Web links

Commons : Falcon (heraldic animal) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Georg Scheibelreiter : Heraldry. Oldenbourg, Vienna et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7029-0479-4 , p. 58, quoted from Falke . In: Zoo-Wiki, Ingrid Matschinegg, Internet-based teaching, Institute for History of the University of Vienna.
↑ Georg Scheibelreiter: Heraldry. Oldenbourg, Vienna et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7029-0479-4 , p. 81.
↑ Marcel Bohnert & Andy Neumann: Panzergrenadiers in combat in Afghanistan, in: Freundeskreis der Panzergrenadiertruppe (ed.): Panzergrenadiers. A class of troops through the ages, Munster et al. 2016, ISBN 3-933802-35-0 , p. 47.

[1] Georg Scheibelreiter : Heraldry. Oldenbourg, Vienna et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7029-0479-4 , p. 58, quoted from Falke . In: Zoo-Wiki, Ingrid Matschinegg, Internet-based teaching, Institute for History of the University of Vienna.

[2] Georg Scheibelreiter: Heraldry. Oldenbourg, Vienna et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7029-0479-4 , p. 81.

[3] Marcel Bohnert & Andy Neumann: Panzergrenadiers in combat in Afghanistan, in: Freundeskreis der Panzergrenadiertruppe (ed.): Panzergrenadiers. A class of troops through the ages, Munster et al. 2016, ISBN 3-933802-35-0 , p. 47.