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HOHENBERG, FRIEDRICH von ( c1401 )
ščit (arms) |
Sable, a panther? rampant Argent armed of the second with horns Or and flames issuant from nostrils and mouth all Gules. |
greben (crest) |
Issuant from a tilting helm Or, a wing Gules, a bend Or. |
vir (source) |
Siegenfeld, Alfred Ritter Anthony von. Das Landeswappen der Steiremark. Graz, Verlags-Buchhandlung Styria, 1900.* |
* Siegenfeld's entry: Tafel 22. 61. - 1401. - Wappen Friedrichs von Hohenberg nach dem Drig. in berßelben handßchrift, fo. 40. - Zu S. 226.
Originally drawn in 1401, published in Siegenfeld's book in 1900, the arms represented the Lords of Hohenberg, who held a seat in Wilhelmsburg (today Lower Austria, historically the region was Styria).
The heraldic beast illustrated on the field (shield) in this case appears to have a head of a horse, with spitting fire from its mouth and nostrils, yet the body is illustrated with paws with large talons implying something other than a horse. In heraldic history, the horse was rarely included in arms, and therefore, it can be surmised, that the beast illustrated is less of a horse, and more of a panther. |
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