Last modified: 2021-09-25 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: markt berolzheim | parted per fess | morion | bear(passant) |
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5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2021 |
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2021 |
It is a white-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2021
Shield parted per fess; above Azure an impending morion Argent; beneath Argent a bear passant Sable, armed tongued and collared Gules.
Meaning:
Berolzheim had been a market town since the middle of the 16th century and was acquired by Marshal Wolf of Pappenheim in 1573. The morion is a differentiation of the family arms of the Pappenheim kin, which displayed a vair. The original morion was not impending. The bear is a punning element, as the name of the town could be interpreted as "home of a bear". There are two versions of the arms. probably the older one in a cartouche fimbriated red at sinister with standing morion (see leftt image above) and with usual shield and impending morion (see right image above).
Source: Stadler 1968, p.10
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2021
The arms were granted in 1574 by Emperor Maximilian II.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2021
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