FAMILY WANGENHEIM: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Wangenheim

Coat of arms and family crest of Wangenheim.

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

History and meaning for Wangenheim.

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

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

The surname Wangenheim is probably of GERMAN JEWISH origin, as surnames with the particle HEIM, which means HOME in German, are usually so.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Wangenheim:

1) The origin of the family name Wangenheim.

2) The meaning of the family name Wangenheim.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Wangenheim.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Wangenheim.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Wangenheim have or have been established, among other places, in:

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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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 Wangenheim:

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heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Wangenheim appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Wangenheim. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

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

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter W index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Wangen | Go to name Wangenheim-winterstein | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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