Meissen lion

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The Meißner lion , or the Markmeissn lion , is a special heraldic animal in heraldry .

He is one of the heraldic animals that have a proper name. In the description of the coat of arms , the term stands for the entire figure and describes all the details. The erect, red-tongued and armored lion is black and looking to the right. He was the symbol of power for the Wettins . Around 1265 the black lion in the golden field appears in the coat of arms. The lion is also depicted on the shields of the painted tombstones of Albrecht the Proud and his brother Dietrich in Altenzelle. Dietrich V , Margrave of Landsberg , led him in his ensign in 1267. The lion can also be detected on the helmet and on Heinrich's coins as well as on the seal . The gravestone picture of the mother ( Hedwig ) of Albrecht and Dietrich alternates between the Meissen black lion in a golden shield and the Thuringian red and white striped lion in a blue shield .

The heraldic animal of the Mark Meißen is supposed to remind of the centuries of membership of the city of Meißen in this mark. From the coats of arms of the rule of Markmeissen it has come to many coats of arms of the cities and communities. He is said to be the recolored Thuringian lion .

Examples

See also

Meissen Groschen of the Margraviate of Meissen with the Meissen Lion rising to the left, Freiberg Mint

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard von Mansberg: The coat of arms of the Electorate of Saxony in its historical-topographical significance. In: New archive for Saxon history and antiquity . Vol. 6, 1885, pp. 51-93 .
  2. ^ Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen : Minnesinger. Part 5: Picture room of old German poets. Portraits, coats of arms and representations from the life and songs of the German poets of the XII. to XIVth century. After handwriting paintings, primarily from the Manesse collection, and after other simultaneous pictorial monuments and related images and buildings. With historical explanations. Publishers of Joh. Ambr. Barth, Leipzig 1856, ( digitized version ).

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