Swan (heraldic animal)
In heraldry, the swan is a heraldic animal that is often used .
Representation and blazon
The mute swan was the inspiration for this heraldic figure . Due to his typically S-shaped curved neck, the proverbial gooseneck, he is easily recognizable as a common figure in the coat of arms .
The representation ranges from swimming to flying animals. When shown swimming , the wings are easily ready to fly and the legs are not visible. The flying shape with wide spread wings is particularly impressive in the coat of arms and is continued in the upper coat of arms .
The main color is silver (heraldic white) or black. The beak with tongue and legs are preferably colored red and gold (yellow) , as is possible for the reinforcement . As with the majority of the heraldic animals, the main direction of gaze is to the right, from the point of view of the shield bearer .
The swan is also pulled a crown over the neck (crowned) , or it holds an object in its beak (in Hedwigenkoog this is a crowned eel). If a helmet is put over his head , it is a swan in disguise . This type of representation generally represents a reduction in the coat of arms .
Only the swan's head , crowned or uncrowned, with the long neck, is also chosen. Sometimes he is in the crest to find, so in Uissigheim . There is also a swan foot in the shield field filling the format. The wide webbed feet, a piece of thighs and colored claws complete the picture.
A swan with human feet is called a swan man . This phenomenon must be included in the group of fictional animals.
Examples
According to legend, the reformer Jan Hus is said to have prophesied when he was burned, alluding to his name ( Hus , Czech 'goose'): “Today you will roast a goose, in a hundred years you will have a swan”, which was interpreted as referring to Martin Luther . The swan therefore became Luther's attribute . Luther himself used as a seal of the Luther Rose .
In blue a white swan ( Jonava , LT)
In red a standing silver, gold-armored swan ( Horgen , CH)
with two cattails, speaking: ( Merenschwand , CH)
In the coat of arms of today's Aachen district of Burtscheid
Swan in attack mood ( Deuchelried , DE)
crowned neck (speaking: Schwaan , DE)
( Schwanewede , DE)
Swan in fighting stance, crowned neck ( Stormarn district , DE)
standing on the grind of a deer pole ( Aachen city region , DE)
growing at the division ( Main-Kinzig-Kreis , DE)
Swan im Helmkleinod ( Hanau , DE)
with eel ( Hedwigenkoog , DE)
floating ( Nachterstedt , DE)
Blue ( Gronau , DE)
Red ( Wettringen , DE)
at the lake with a fountain ( Hollabrunn , AUT)
Swan pair ( Mattstetten , CH)
striding with beak and feet in gold ( Toffen , CH)
Swimming (stylized form, speaking: Schwenningen am Neckar , DE)
violating the color rule (silver-on-silver, speaking: Unterschwaningen , DE)
striding, red armored and black ( Wermelskirchen , DE)
striding ( Lauchringen , DE)
with Brandenburg eagle ( Prenzlau , DE)
crowned gooseneck ( Teublitz , DE)
Goosenecks ( Zwingenberg am Neckar , DE)
striding ( Zwickau )
Flag Crowned with Chains ( Buckinghamshire , GB)
Swan as a sign holder : Province of Limburg (Belgium)
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- Logos
(Schwenninger Wild Wings)
(Complutense University of Madrid)
See also
- Swan Order
- Swan (symbol)
- Mintmaster's mark standing swan and flying swan of mint master Heinrich von Rehnen of the Dresden mint (1605–1624) - see table of the mint's mint masters
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Leonhard: The great book of heraldic art. Development, elements, motifs, design. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Georg DW Callway, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7667-0345-5 , p. O. A.
- ↑ Gerhard Seib (Ed.): Luther with the swan. Death and transfiguration of a great man. Catalog for the exhibition in the Lutherhalle Wittenberg on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of Martin Luther's death from February 21 to November 10, 1996. Schelzky and Jeep, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89541-120-5 .
