Coat of arms hall
The term coat of arms hall particularly refers to rooms decorated with coats of arms in palaces , castles and town halls . These are richly decorated with coats of arms of the nobles (family and gender coats of arms), the lands or the municipalities on the ceilings and walls. For example, in 1360 the coat of arms hall with around 120 coats of arms was built in the Wenzel Castle . The window panes are also included in the jewelry. The spectrum ranges from painted coats of arms to coats of arms created by stone carving or plastering work. It was already used early on, for example as a meeting or reception hall. As a result, the decoration with coats of arms has found space on furniture and dishes . These halls decorated in this way were and still are partly representative rooms. Ecclesiastical princes or other representatives of the order also displayed their coats of arms in their buildings. In many castles, the coats of arms can also be found in great variety on stairs and hallways.
Today these coat of arms rooms represent a documentation of the history. A revision in case of change of ownership was mostly limited to small corrections. War and fires have caused major damage. Incorrect use has also left its mark.
Further examples of houses with coats of arms are:
- Ort Castle in Gmunden , Upper Austria , Austria
- Castello dei Caldera in Monesiglio , Italy
- Hofbräuhaus am Platzl in Munich , Bavaria, Germany
- Wenzelschloss in Lauf an der Pegnitz , Bavaria, Germany
- Luebben Castle in Luebben (Spreewald) , Brandenburg, Germany
- Landhaus Klagenfurt , small and large coat of arms hall