Hazelnut (heraldry)
The hazelnut is a common figure in heraldry and can appear in different numbers in the coat of arms or in the field .
In the number one, this seed is often held by the heraldic animal squirrel or the nut is shown with leaves and stalk in the shield . Two fruits or three in a cross shape is the most popular shape. Four heraldic figures are arranged as a hazelnut cross . The coloring can be naturalistic or abstract with the permitted colors or metals of heraldry. Gold or silver is paramount. The arrangement of three hazelnuts in the 2: 1 style, but also in a three-pass arrangement, is popular .
The hazelnut offers many prerequisites for a speaking coat of arms . Family names or place names with hazel, hassel etc. are suitable for including the hazelnut in the coat of arms. The term nut also makes a talking coat of arms. Example the Swiss municipality of Nusshof .
natural representation
three hazelnuts on a stick
in a three-pass
Squirrel with hazelnut
Nüsttal coat of arms , hazelnut as a reference to Haselstein Castle
literature
- Walter Leonhard : The great book of heraldic art. Development, elements, motifs, design. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Callwey, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7667-0345-5 , pp. 252, 290, 292.
Web links
Hazelnut (Heraldry) in the Heraldry Wiki
