Bear in heraldry
The bear as an emblem is little stylized heraldic in its presentation.
Since the Middle Ages, he is known as a herald image. First mentioned on the label Bernburger line of the House of Ascanians, he has conquered its place in heraldry.
In the Berlin coat of arms, he is stylized, but often the natural representation is to be found in Swiss Arms ( city and canton of Bern ). Walking upright is found, however, in the cantons of Appenzell and both the City of St. Gallen ( golden necklace ), which can mean rebel strength and yourself.
The bear is usually black, often silvery, rarely red or a different color, erect (Berlin, Roßlau ), border ( Bernau in the Black Forest, Bern village, Sandersleben (Anhalt) ), catch willing growing ( Guentersberge, Zeulenroda ) sometimes topped with chain or necklace (St. Gallen ) is shown. In many cases, he proceeds to battlements, for example, in the arms of Radegast ( Southern Anhalt), Raguhn, Zerbst and also of Güsten. Almost all these bears come from the house of Anhalt Coat of Arms.
Heraldic the bear emblazoned with halberd as Landsknecht and ax as a dancing bear. In addition often in the background the color yellow ( heraldic: Gold) to (see below also ) to make the noble blood of the bear attention. Sometimes the background is also white ( heraldic: Silver) held.
Parts of the bear, as the paw ( Pulsnitz ) or the head ( stone bears ) are also found in coats of arms. The color of the reinforcement ( claws, tongue ) may differ.
In many arms of the bear has (black tinged ) the name of Albrecht I symbolically adopted. The Margrave of Brandenburg had nicknamed the bear or the Beautiful. All crest of this line have more or less the heraldic animal of a relationship.
In the coat of arms of Bern village, bears stone or Bern, the bear is onomatopoeic passed into the place names.
In the coat of arms of Zheleznogorsk a silver reinforced golden bear is bound by the three orbits of a silver atom.
Examples
Bear Stone (Ore Mountains)
Bern (City and State )
Bernau in the Black Forest
Esen
Haiming
Berau ( Uhlingen - Birkesdorf )
Baerenstein ( version 1997)
Pulsnitz
Bending over with two erect, facing away, rotbewehrten black bear paws with red sectional areas
Family Coat of Arms from Behr
Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk, Russia