Rose (heraldry)

The rose, even coat of arms Rose, is in heraldry next to the lily a widespread common figure, the stylized flowering of Five-petal dog rose was modeled.

The reasons for the use of the heraldic rose lying in the symbolism as the flower of love, or as an image of secrecy among the Romans.

Representation

The coat of arms figure shows an open in the top view flower. The rose is a sepal and a petal down after pictured above (the five petals 1:2:2 ), otherwise it is overthrown. The petals are normally red, the sepals green, be reported in the Crest description only other colors - the petals are always tinged only in heraldic colors - and the absence of the latter ( ungebartet ). The flower center is also referred slug, button or Plötzlein. This ovule in the middle is contrasting ( inseminated gold or bebutzt ) to the petals, often tinged golden, so colored. The heraldic rose has no stem, it appears, is bestielt and making any adjustments mentioned beblattet, is possible in natural color for brown / green, otherwise the color.

If a natural Rose depicted in the arms, so as wreath or bouquet.

Variants

The number of petals can - botanically incorrect - also amount to four or six. Sometimes eight leaves are in use. Deviating from the number five, it should be mentioned. This is true even when the rose not only has a floral leaf wreath. Often several circles petals are smaller and smaller set in the same tincture over each other. This rose is then filled two or more times. Occasionally the leaves are also rolled, what must be reported.

  • In the Tudor rose, the white of the red hook. It is of historical significance.
  • The Mispelblüte ( Geldernsche Rose) is distinguished by the pointed petals in the number five.
  • The Luther Rose comes from the Protestant Heraldry

Examples of crest roses

A nice example of Arms roses are the five branches of the Czech House of Víteks:

  • Red by Rosenberg gold inseminated in silver
  • Country of stone silver rose gold inseminated in red
  • Neuhaus golden rose in blue
  • Of Usti nad Labem and Straze blue rose gold inseminated in gold
  • Green of Cesky Krumlov Rose gold inseminated in silver

In the upper crest the colors repeat from the sign in the helmet covers and screen board the rose.

Rose of Lancaster

Rose of York

The Tudor Rose

Coat of Arms Reus

Luther Rose: a symbol of Evangelical Lutheran Churches

Vierradener Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms Penig

Coat of Rosenheim

" Popp Burger Rose" in the arms of Wennigsen ( Deister)

In the arms of the city of Altenburg

Geldernsche Rose in the arms of Erkelenz

Coat of Arms of the Guttenberg family

Coat of arms Poraj Family

Flag of the city of Trondheim ( eight-petalled Rose)

Tudor-Rose Mantling Lippe
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