I have to add to the one word because this wheel led me down a small rabbit hole. At the harbour of Gernsheim, a town on the Rhine about 40 km south of Mainz, I saw this crest on the side of a monument. The … Continue reading A lesson in heraldry
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The Perfect Response
Lately a lot of the local power distribution boxes have been painted in blue and black, the colours of a football club in the next town. The ultra fans of this club have stuck really ugly and offensive stickers on every possible surface. And now, the power boxes. But for once somebody (the town officials? – I don’t know who) has reacted and painted our town’s crest on the surfaces. A major improvement.
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Not a Sore Throat
What a lozenge is in heraldry is a diamond or a rhomb in geometry. This crest is on top of a large vat in the Heidelberg castle – although not THE large vat in the castle but big enough (more than 5m tall, judging by … Continue reading Not a Sore Throat
A Telling Name
A town less than 20km to the south from here and now a part of Heidelberg is called Handschuhsheim, literally translated “home of the glove”. This is its crest as displayed on the old castle Tiefburg in the middle of town: Ragtag Daily Prompt: Glove
Consider the Lilies
This is the family crest of the Brömser-Heddesdorf in Rüdesheim. Consider the six lilies therein (and the bees, consider the bees!) FOWC with Fandango: Consider
Crowned Heads
So many crowns in Europe, old ones and new ones, ornate ones and minimalist ones, powerful ones and purely decorative ones. The old Palatinate lion holding up the crest and and a crown, a restaurant called Die Krone (The Crown) and even the eagle of … Continue reading Crowned Heads
Crested Trios
Thursday Trios
Blow by Blow
The family crest for “Eisenhauer” (a not uncommon name in the German state of Hesse), literally “striker of iron” which is what a blacksmith does: he strikes the iron on the anvil – and what an impact he makes.
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Threes from a Trip
Set in Stone
After my trees yesterday were painted or signs made of metal today I turned to stone.
Wood and stone seem like an antithesis but it doesn’t need to be.
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