River (heraldry)

The river is a heraldic image in heraldry and is represented as a wavy bar . The preferred color is silver. The difference to the wavy bar is the wave display, but at least the wave indication on the bar surface. At stake , the term wave pile is in use.

Examples

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  Aargau

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  Kandergrund (Canton of Bern)

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  Koblenz (Canton of Aargau)

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  Bad Oldesloe-Land Office (Schleswig-Holstein)

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  District of Gemünden am Main (Bavaria, 1939–1972)

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  Coat of arms of Mannheim- Neckarau (Baden-Württemberg)

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  Nordleda municipality (Lower Saxony)

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  North Rhine-Westphalia

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  Sonnenberg (Lower Saxony)

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  Petershagen on the Weser (North Rhine-Westphalia)

Also Goepel and drawbar may appear wavy coat of arms. The base of the shield is occasionally also separated from the rest of the shield by a river (wave division) or is represented as such (sea, lake).

literature

• River (Heraldry) in the Heraldry Wiki

Web links

Commons : Corrugated areas in the coat of arms  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Wavy with "common figure"  - collection of images, videos and audio files