Wind vane (heraldry)
The wind vane , also known as the weather vane , is a coat of arms in modern heraldry that is used in very different ways in the coat of arms .
One representation is often on towers , ship masts , churches and similar structures and is used as a small pennant in the same or different tinging . The wind direction, waving to the right or waving to the left, is to be mentioned in the description of the coat of arms . Here the weather vane is only a minor figure . A heraldic technical term is: bewindfahnet
Another illustration shows a large weather vane, which has often artfully made it into the coat of arms. Here the description is to be described sufficiently that a heraldist can tear open the coat of arms.
The weathercock is also used differently. Here the description of the coat of arms is based on the heraldic animal rooster . Other heraldic animals are also possible, but rarely.
Human figures are also not uncommon, but they often just hold the wind vane.
Examples
Wind flags on the building on the left, Schleusingen
In blue a silver wind vane Kirchheim near Munich
Church spire, in confused colors : Kirchdorf in Tirol
Weathercock Uelitz , municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district
Weathercock in Albertslund Kommune
Meteorology-like representation (with anemometer )
literature
- Christian Samuel Theodor Bernd: The main pieces of coat of arms science. Volume 2, published by the author and Eduard Weber, Bonn 1849, p. 257.
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