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Hound (heraldry)
The hound or dog (also ''levrier, leverer''; French ''lévrier; dogue, chien'') is used as a charge in classical heraldry. In English heraldry, the commonly used variant are the ''talbot'', also blazoned as ''sleuth-hound'', e.g. in the arms of Wolseley of Staffordshire, the ''greyhound'' and ''bloodhound''. Rarely seen variants are the ratch-hound, the mastiff (''alant'' or ''aland''), the foxhound, the spaniel and the terrier. The "sea-dog" is a curious charge resembling the talbot but with scales, webbed feet and a broad tail, used in the arms of Stourton barony, presumably originally depicting a beaver (as used in the Coat of arms of Oxford). Similar charges include the ''wolf'' and the ''fox''. German heraldry distinguishes three variants of dogs: '' Windhund'' (greyhound), '' Bracke'' and ''Rüde'' (also '' Dogge'').J. Siebmacher's grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Einleitungsband, Abteilung B: Grundsätze der Wappenkunst verbunden mit einem Handbuch der heraldischen T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toggenburg ZW
Toggenburg is a region of Switzerland. It corresponds to the upper valley of the river Thur (Switzerland), Thur and that of its main tributary, the Necker (river), Necker. Since 1 January 2003, Toggenburg has been a constituency (''Wahlkreis'') of the canton of St. Gallen (Community Identification Number#Switzerland, SFOS number 1727). Geography The valley descends in a northwestern direction from the watershed between the Rhine and the Thur, and is enclosed on the northeast by the chain of the Säntis () and on the southwest by that of the Churfirsten () and of the Speer (mountain), Speer (). It is a fertile valley of about in length from the source of the river to Wil. At Wildhaus, the highest village (), the house wherein Huldrych Zwingli, the Swiss Reformer, was born in 1484, is still shown. Other villages are Lichtensteig, Kirchberg, St. Gallen, Kirchberg and Wattwil. History There are traces of the paleolithic Mousterian Industry throughout the Appenzell Alps, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
