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FAMILY WERCHEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Werchen.

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

History and meaning for Werchen.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Werchen:

1) The origin of the family name Werchen.

2) The meaning of the family name Werchen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Werchen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Werchen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Werchen 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 Werchen:

* 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 Werchen:

Name Werchen

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burnt parchment for Werchen name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Werchen.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

coat of arms sticker for Werchen

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

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Werchen 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 Werchen. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

It may be helpful for those with the name Werchen to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Werchen It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Werchen can have graphic variants.

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) 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:

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

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* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

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

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

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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 Werche | Go to name Wercheñ | 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