FAMILY PRITSCHWITZ: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Pritschwitz

Coat of arms and family crest of Pritschwitz.

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

History and meaning for Pritschwitz.

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

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

The surname Pritschwitz 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 Pritschwitz:

1) The origin of the family name Pritschwitz.

2) The meaning of the family name Pritschwitz.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Pritschwitz.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Pritschwitz.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Pritschwitz 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 Pritschwitz, 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 Pritschwitz, and origin for the family name Pritschwitz, nobiliary titles of the family name Pritschwitz and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Pritschwitz appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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

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:

* CROWN: The Crown is a symbol of Royal or Seigniorial Authority and Dignity or Honorary Badge.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

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

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

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

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter P index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Pritoni | Go to name Prittie | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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