Avalanche (heraldry)
The avalanche is a common figure in heraldry and quite rare as a heraldic figure . Regional names are Lan, Lahn, Lahne or Lähn .
A more or less natural mountain is shown with a diffuse snow cloud sliding down in silver. The coat of arms is not very heraldic.
The coat of arms of "An der Lahn" in Tyrol, a rural nobility, is known from its mention in the: Handbook of theoretical and practical heraldry by Otto Titan von Hefner, Table XVIII, Fig. 614. A silver mountain in red with a slide in silver Avalanche. Helmet jewels are six ostrich feathers in silver and red, as well as red and silver helmet covers .
literature
- J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms . Volume 7, edition 1, Bauer and Raspe, Nuremberg 1858, (plate 9, image 2).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Titan von Hefner : Handbook of theoretical and practical heraldry . Heraldisches Institut, Munich 1861, p. 90.
Web links
- Avalanche (Heraldry) in the Heraldry Wiki
- Hefner, Table XVIII, Figure 614 [1]