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FAMILY WOLDENSTEIN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Woldenstein.

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

History and meaning for Woldenstein.

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

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

The surname Woldenstein is very likely to be of JEWISH ORIGIN, as the word STEIN, which simply means "stone" in the English language, was widely used by the Jews of the Yiddish community, Azkenazi Jews.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Woldenstein:

1) The origin of the family name Woldenstein.

2) The meaning of the family name Woldenstein.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Woldenstein.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Woldenstein.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Woldenstein:

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

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Coat of arms for the name Woldenstein 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 Woldenstein 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 Woldenstein, 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 Woldenstein, and origin for the family name Woldenstein, nobiliary titles of the family name Woldenstein and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Woldenstein appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Woldenstein 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 Woldenstein alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Woldenstein, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Woldenstein, 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 Woldenstein.

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

3) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

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

* PINE: The Pine, due to its elevation, is a symbol of Noble and enlightened Thoughts and due to its resinous nature, suitable for burning, of a Fiery Heart in avenging family outrages.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

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

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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 Woldenburg | Go to name Wolder | 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