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FAMILY RITSCH: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Ritsch.

Genealogy of family Ritsch, origin of Ritsch, provenance of the family name Ritsch.

History and meaning for Ritsch.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Ritsch.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Ritsch.

The surname Ritsch is GERMANIZED SLAVIC and is probably of JEWISH origin, as surnames containing the particles ITZ or ITSCH usually are.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Ritsch:

1) The origin of the family name Ritsch.

2) The meaning of the family name Ritsch.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Ritsch.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Ritsch.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Ritsch:

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Ritsch:

Name Ritsch

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Ritsch.
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Coat of arms for Ritsch and the history and origin for the family name Ritsch in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

coat of arms sticker for Ritsch

Coat of arms for the name Ritsch in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Ritsch are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Ritsch, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Ritsch, and origin for the family name Ritsch, nobiliary titles of the family name Ritsch and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Ritsch appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Ritsch appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Ritsch alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Ritsch, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Ritsch, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Ritsch.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

2) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

3) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* The family name Ritsch appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Ritsch as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Ritsch

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Ritsch:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter R index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Rits | Go to name Ritschel de hartenbach | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests