Veldenzer lion
The veldenz lion is a modified emblem of heraldry .
As a common figure , the heraldic lion has a fixed appearance in the coat of arms.
The description is: in silver a blue soaring (heraldically right-seeing) red-tongued lion, red-armored (and crowned with gold).
As a representative of the County of Veldenz , this lion has sought its place in many coats of arms in the region. For the Palatinate , this lion and the Palatinate lion are dominant.
history
In 1444, after the death of Friedrich III. from Veldenz the county of Veldenz to the Count Palatine of Pfalz-Zweibrücken . With the Grafschaft Veldenz they took over the title of Count of Veldenz and around 1720 had the crowned Veldenz lion in the white field in the middle shield of the Pfalz-Zweibrücker coat of arms.
In 1799, Electoral Palatinate Bavaria came to the Palatinate-Zweibrückischen Crown Prince Maximilian . The winning veldenz lion was in 1835 by his son, King Ludwig I in the national coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bavaria adopted. The lion remained in this coat of arms until the end of the First World War and the abdication of King Ludwig III. in the course of the November Revolution .
The Count Palatine of the Veldenz branch line carried the coat of arms of Palatinate and Bavaria in a circle of pearls in a split shield, Rupert (1514–1544) showed the letter R above, Georg Johann (1544–1592) the letter G. In the shield for Palatinate and Bavaria was im Heart shield, the coat of arms with the Veldenzer lion, above the letters GHP entwined for Georg, Herzog and Pfalzgraf.
Coats of arms of regional authorities from the former county of Veldenz often show the Veldenzer lion. In the coat of arms of the local community Veldenz you can find the wittelsbacher diamonds next to the blue lion .
Coat of arms with the Veldenzer lion
- The Veldenzer lion is in the 4th field of the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bavaria until 1919.
