Gate (heraldry)

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Coat of arms of the noble family von Niedertor, Scheibler's book of arms
Magdeburg with open doors and drawn gate

The gate , also the portal , is a common figure in heraldry and therefore a coat of arms . The term gate is also used less frequently . The figure is one of the common heraldic images. An open gate to a community / city is often interpreted as cosmopolitan.

The gate can be displayed as a single structure or in another structure, such as a wall , castle , fort or tower . This is an essential point when describing the coat of arms .

Heraldry then makes the following differences:

  • The gate is open or closed
  • The gate has one or two doors. Two doors, closed, are represented by a line in the middle of the gate.
  • The opened gate is doorless / scoreless or a wing gate / door is shown on the left and right.
  • The gate is shown with a closed (closed) or pulled (open) grille . The color of the gate is also important here. Occasionally open doors are also possible, which allow a view of the grille.
  • A coat of arms is shown in the open archway.

The door or the gate wing (s) have a different tinging than the heraldic figure gate or the building. In heraldry, the figure gate is also differentiated according to castle gate, fortress gate, church door, Byzantine gate, etc.

Examples

  • Blovice , open gate

  • Bondo GR with a black ibex in the archway

  • with drawn silver grille and golden lion in the coat of arms of Dillenburg

  • open gate in the coat of arms of Dühren (Sinsheim)

  • Closed gate in a palisade wall in the coat of arms of Srubec

  • Open swing gate with a cock on a three hill in the archway in the coat of arms of Suhl

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