Poppies (heraldry)
The poppy is a common figure in heraldry and can be in the shield with other figures .
Two forms are included in the coat of arms . One form is the poppy seed pod. This is never shown open, but it can show all heraldic colors and metals in the shield or field . The poppy capsule is predominantly stalked. There is a resemblance to the pomegranate , but this one has a leafy stem and shows its interior.
The second form is shown as a flowering plant with a leafy stem and often with a red flower. The abstract depictions of flowers are poorly developed and often only the description of the coat of arms helps to identify them . All colors of heraldry are possible.
In the coat of arms of Macedonia there are capsules on both sides in the wreath that surrounds the coat of arms. The reference to the market coat of arms of Unterthingau in the Bavarian Ministerial Rescript of October 16, 1813 shows that the heraldic figure has been in use for a long time (October 16, 1813) .
A symbol is the poppy in Poland . Here it is considered a national plant. Furthermore, the poppy is accepted as a symbol of the earth, of sleeping and of forgetting in human culture.
The poppy is also used as a talking coat of arms by families with the name Mohn or Mon.
Poppy seed capsule in the coat of arms of Mägenwil
See also: Mintmaster's mark "Mohnkopf" by Freiberg mintmaster Nicolaus Monhaupt (1449–1456) on a Meissnian-Saxon groschen.
literature
- Maximilian Gritzner: Large and general book of arms. BoD - Books on Demand, Barsinghausen 2012, ISBN 978-3-8457-2604-5 , p. 106. (Reprint of the Nuremberg 1888 edition)
- Poppy (Heraldry) in the Heraldry Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Nepomuck Franz Anton von Raiser: The coats of arms of the cities and markets, then the places with market rights in the Upper Danube district of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Lauter, Augsburg 1834, p. 107.
