FAMILY WOERST: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Woerst

Coat of arms and family crest of Woerst.

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

History and meaning for Woerst.

Woerst is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Woerst an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Woerst:

1) The origin of the family name Woerst.

2) The meaning of the family name Woerst.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Woerst.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Woerst.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Woerst 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 Woerst:

* 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 Woerst:

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Woerst 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 Woerst. 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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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:

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

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

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

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

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

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

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

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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 Woerndle d'adelsfried | Go to name Woert | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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