Fir branch
Fir branch (here real: silver fir )
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Spruces have needles all around and are bushier (here: Koyama spruce )
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The branches of fir , spruce and sometimes other conifers are referred to as fir branches , fir green , southern also Daxen or taxen . The same generalization can be found with the "fir" tree. The Upper German word of Latin origin can also be found in the Taxaceae (yew family).
Floristry and customs
The fir green commonly used today comes in most cases from spruce trees, as this is cheaper, mostly bushy northern varieties. In particular, it occurs in the Christmas tree production when preparing them.
Like the Christmas tree itself, the evergreen branch symbolizes the wintry awakening power, which survives the cold season in vitality.
Fir branches are traditionally used in the Christmas and pre-Christmas period for decoration in the house and in shop windows. At the beginning of winter and before November 1st ( All Saints' Day ) it is customary to cover the grave sites with fir green and leave them like this until spring. The branches are placed upside down on the surface to be covered and anchored into one another. In addition, you can tie the Advent wreath from fir branches . In floral arrangements Tannengrün is in the floristic also often used.
The fir branch as a symbol can also be found in the song Tannengrün , a folk song whose text comes from Georg Christian Dieffenbach and which was set to music by Franz Abt (1819–1885).
Place names and heraldry
The fir branch is a common figure in heraldry and can accept all heraldic tinctures .
The Upper German Daxen can be found in places like Taxa (municipality of Odelzhausen, district of Dachau), or Taxenbach (in Pinzgau in Salzburg), the old name Taxen for Eben im Pongau (Land of Salzburg), or the locality of Daxlueg am Heuberg above Salzburg . In the broadest sense it becomes a talking coat of arms in heraldry .
The coat of arms is common in forest-rich areas, especially in Finnish . When it comes to the coat of arms cut , one speaks of a fir cut . This was created in Finland after 1949 . What is understood is a pattern division that is created from stylized juxtaposed fir branches.
Examples are:
A red heart, growing from it a three-forked green branch ( Laukaa FI)
A red bellows in silver, covered with a golden pine branch ( Juupajoki FI)
Silver and green split in the pine cut ( Siipyy , Kristinestad FI)
stylized fir cut in the coat of arms of Varpaisjärvi , Finland
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ see Adam Hangartner: Forest ethics. Theological-ethical considerations on forestry and forestry. A scientific work in the field of environmental and social ethics. Herbert Utz Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-8316-0207-7 , p. 79 ff .: Customs and popular beliefs ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- ↑ Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984, p. 391.