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Family name Oritz

Coat of arms and family crest of Oritz.

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

History and meaning for Oritz.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Oritz have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Oritz.

The surname Oritz 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 Oritz:

1) The origin of the family name Oritz.

2) The meaning of the family name Oritz.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Oritz.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Oritz.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Oritz appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Oritz. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Oritz.

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) 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:

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

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

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* 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.

* 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.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* 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.

* The family name Oritz 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/

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