Palatine Lion

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Palatine Lion
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The Palatine Lion (

heraldic charge (see also: heraldic lions). It was originally part of the family coat of arms of the House of Wittelsbach and is found today on many coats of arms of municipalities, counties and regions in South Germany and the Austrian Innviertel
.

Forms

The main design is described as sable a lion rampant or, crowned, armed and langued gules. Originally uncrowned, the lion was first depicted with a red crown in the early 14th century in the

Golden Bull
of 1356.

In addition to these two main forms, there are a number of variants. Many villages used the symbols of their ruling families as seals. In order to minimise the risk of confusion, the detail of the coat of arms was changed when authority was granted to use them. Occasionally other colours were used in order to stay faithful to the rule of tincture.

History

Emergence

Collegiate Church of Neustadt an der Weinstraße
, around 1420

The Palatine Lion first appears in the

Conrad
, father-in-law of Henry the Elder, had around 1,190 coins minted with a lion image. The colours of the Hohenstaufens were also gold and black.

Wittelsbach era

Following the enfeoffment of the Bavarian Duke

Old Bavarian
and Palatine Wittelsbachs. Not until the 16th century did the distinction between the lion for the Palatinate and the lozenges for Bavaria slowly gain ground.

In

Palatinate-Lützelstein
.

Following the dissolution of the Palatine electorate in the wake of the

Rhine Circle, which was renamed in 1835 at the behest of Louis I
to Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz).

Post-war period

State coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate

After the

Electoral Trier, symbolised the region of the present-day Palatinate.[1]

In addition, the lion may be found in the state coats of arms of three other German

subfield
on the Bavarian shield; since 1950 it has been placed in the first subfield, as in the state coat of arms.

Representations of the Palatine Lion

Distribution of the Palatine Lion
Palatine Lion with the coat of arms of Frederick II in front of the County Palatine Palace (Pfalzgrafenschloss) in Neumarkt

Coats of arms

See: List of coats of arms with the Palatine Lion

Flags

The flag of the

fusils
.

Seal

In his book, Die Siegel der Deutschen Kaiser und Könige,[2] Otto Posse describes seals of the Electoral Palatine Imperial Vicariate:

Stonework

  • The archway of the
    County of Veldenz
    .
  • The Schriesheim coat of arms, granted to the village in 1896 based on a seal from 1381, is supported by the Palatine Lion. The detail was created out of Red Main sandstone in 1964 for an octagonal trough at the municipal fountain by a firm of stonemasons from the town on the occasion of the naming of the town.
  • In front of the gate of the
    Frederick II
    in their paws. This coat of arms also depicts the lion.

Paintings

The

Cologne
and the Count Palatine of the Rhine depict the Palatine Lion.

See also

Literature

  • Karl Heinz Debus: Das große Wappenbuch der Pfalz. Neustadt an der Weinstraße, 1988,
    ISBN 3-9801574-2-3
  • Alfons Friderichs: Wappenbuch des Kreises Cochem-Zell, Darmstadt, 2001,
    ISBN 3-00-008064-3
  • Herwig John, Gabriele Wüst: Wappenbuch Rhein-Neckar-Kreis. Ubstadt-Weiher, 1996,
    ISBN 3-929366-27-4
  • Arnold Rabbow, Dieter Gube: Blätter zum Land 1′99: Landeswappen Rheinland-Pfalz (PDF; 562 kB). Mainz, 1999

References

  1. ^ a b Description of the state coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate (pdf; 562 kB)
  2. ^ Otto Posse: Die Siegel der Deutschen Kaiser und Könige, Vol. 5, pages 126 f. (Full text at Wikisource)

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