HEBERSTEIN   



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HEBERSTEIN
 
ščit
(arms)
First and fourth, Sable, a dog salient Argent semi d'roundels Argent; second and fifth, per pale, on the dexter, Gules, a tower Or with two openings and portculus Sable, on the sinister, Gules, a fess Argent; third and sixth, Gules, a horseshoe Or; overall, an escutcheon Gules, a chevron Argent.
greben
(crest)
Issuant from a coronet Or, a mitre proper, trimmed Or.
vir
(source)
Valvasor, Janez Vajkard. "Opus Insignium Armorumque 1687 - 1688 Das Grosse Wappenbuch". pp 14, 38, 66, 102, 256, 276.
The armorial bearings is represented as Ljubljana bishop's coats of arms classified according to their period of office. (14) It is also represents families whose members were generals in Karlovac. (38) A member of the Heberstein family was a member of the provincial committee in Carniola. (66) The arms are represented as armorial bearings of lower ranking barons who used to own lands in Carniola, the extinct families marked with a cross. (102) The arms are represented as coats of arms of Carinthian noble familes. (256) It is also represented as arms of families from German or other nationality, copied from J. Siebmacher's armory, first published in 1596. (276)

It is evident from Valvasor' armory that there are a variety of depictions of the Herberstein coat of arms. The arms depicted above is sourced from pp 14 of Valvasor's armory. Click on any of the images below to view the variation of the arms.

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