Seal of the Counts of Veringen
In the documents of the Counts of Veringen , 15 different seals of the Counts of Veringen are known. All of these seals carry the Veringer coat of arms, namely three stag sticks lying on top of each other in a triangular field. The tips of the antlers are heraldically turned towards the left. The seal no. 9 by Wolfrad (1297-1330) is an exception. Here they are in the opposite position. The number of ends of the bars is also not uniform. Most seals have poles, each with four ends . The seal no. 2 by Count Mangold from 1220 has two rods with five ends and one rod with four ends in the coat of arms. Count Heinrich's first coat of arms No. 4 (Altveringen) is adorned with two stag poles with four ends and one with five ends. Another deviation in the Veringen coat of arms can be found in the two seals of Count Heinrich (1311–1366) nos. 10 and 12. Here the top bar shows six ends, the one below five and the lowest four ends. The seals shown below are drawings by Sebastian Locher .
| No. | Illustration | Surname | inscription | Explanations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Count Wolfrad senior von Veringen 1216–1267. | "SIGILLUM • COMITIS • WOLVRATI • DE • VERIGEN" | Used in a document from 1216. | |
| 2 | Count Mangold von Nellenburg | "S • MANIGOLDI • COMITIS • DE • VERINGIN" | The seal is from Mangold the later Count of Neuchâtel, ancestor of the 3rd line of the Counts of Nellenburg . The seal appears for the first time in 1220. | |
| 3 | Wolfrad junior from 1252 to 1268. | "S • COMITIS • WOLFRADI • DE • VERINGEN • JUNIORIS" | The seal first appears in 1265. | |
| 4th | Heinrich von Altveringen | "SIGILLUM • COMITIS • HEINRICI • DE • VERINGEN" | It is the seal of Heinrich von Altveringen 1267–1282, from 1267. He only carried this seal until the death of his older brother Wolfrad junior in 1268. | |
| 5 | Heinrich von Altveringen | "S • H • COMITIS • DE • VETERI • VERINGEN" | The second seal of Heinrich von Altveringen, which he wore after the death of his brother. It is an illustration from a document from 1270. | |
| 6th | Heinrich von Neuveringen 1269–1307. | "S • COMITIS • HAINRICI • DE • NOUO • VERINGEN" | The seal dates from 1270. | |
| 7th | Count Mangold von Veringen Canon in Chur 1264–1302. | "S • MANGOLD • COMITIS • DE • VERING • CAN • CUR." | The seal was used in 1286. | |
| 8th | 1269-1301. | "S • WOLFERADI • CAN • CURIEN •" | The seal from the brother of seal no.7. Dates from 1272. | |
| 9 | Count Wolfrad 1297-1330. | "S • WOLFRADI • COMITIS • DE • VERINGEN" | The seal was used in 1311. | |
| 10 | Count Heinrich 1311-1366 | "S • HAINRICI • COMITI • DE • VERING • RECTOR • ECCLA • IBIDEM" | Rector, lord of the Veringen Church. 1316. His tomb, died 1366, with a tombstone still preserved today is in Hettingen. See the picture below. | |
| 11 | Count Wolfrad 1297-1330. | "S • COMITIS • WOLFRANOMI • DE • VERINGEN •" | The seal dates from 1324. | |
| 12 | "S • COMITIS • HAINRICI • DE • VERINGEN" | It is the later seal of No. 10 of Count Heinrich 1311-1366. He changed the seal because his son Friedrich Kirchherr von Veringen became. The seal dates from 1353. | ||
| 13 | Count Friedrich von Veringen | "S • F • COMIT • DE • V • RECTOR • ECCLIE • I • V •" | Count Friedrich von Veringen, lord of the church in Veringen 1357–1385. The seal is on a document from 1357. | |
| 14th | Count Wölflin von Veringen | "S • COMITIS • WOLFRADI • DE • V • IGE •" | Count Wölflin von Veringen mentioned: 1357–1415. The seal dates from 1360. | |
| 15th | Count Wölflin von Veringen | "S • COMITIS • WOELFLIN • DE • VERINGE •" | Count Wölflin von Veringen from 1391. Seal no. 14 shows that Wölflin only got the name of Veringen later. | |
| Count Heinrich von Veringen | "ANO • DOMINI • MCCCLI • OBIIT • COMES • HAINRICUS • DE • VERINGEN • VIII • KALENDAS • APRILIS •" | Grave slab of Count Heinrich von Veringen in the church in Hettingen | ||
| Eberhard von Nellenburg | "ANNO • DOM • MCCCLXXI • EBERHARDUS • COMES • DE • NELLENBURC • VI? D • MARCII •? NDIC •" |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sebastian Locher : Regesten on the history of the Counts of Veringen . Sigmaringen 1872.
- ^ Hermann Eh: The seals of the Counts of Veringen (unpublished manuscript in the Veringenstadt city archive).
- ^ Thomas Fink: Collection of materials on the history of the city of Veringen . Volume 13: Coats of arms of the Counts of Veringen and related coats of arms .
- ↑ The original document from January 23, 1216 is in the Sigmaringen archive. The attached seal of Wolfrad is from Maltha and is quite well preserved.