Johanneskreuz

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The Johanneskreuz is a Latin cross (i.e. a cross with a longer lower arm) with arms starting from the point of intersection that initially remain the same width and only widen outwards at their end. The corresponding variant of the Greek cross (with arms of equal length) is the paw cross .

It is not to be confused with the also known as St. John Cross designated Maltese Cross (especially since both in English, the terms "St. John's cross" find) or with the times as Johann Cross designated looped square .

In heraldry it is found as a common figure in coats of arms .

Individual evidence

  1. Description of the coat of arms : “Three lowered silver tips in red, covered with a blue wavy bar in the base of the shield; between the tips, a silver bishop's staff and a golden cross of St. John floating above each other . “- Source: Klemens Stadler : German coat of arms. Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 6: The municipal coats of arms of the Free State of Bavaria. Part 2: M – Z. Angelsachsen-Verlag, Bremen 1968, p. 35. - Correspondingly: Markt Oberthulba. In: Bavaria's municipalities. Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art, accessed on March 1, 2014 .