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Language of the text: Deutsch
Nobility: Adelsfamilie - Ritter
Nobles in:Deutschland - Preußen - Österreich - Schweiz
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
Variations Last name: Betulius,Birke
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
Gumpertus de Birke 1166 Dresden historian Hinke 1432 Hohnstein Mr. Snitloch 1549 Linkoln court rulers The monosyllabic form is rounded off in Upper German from Bürk. On the other hand towards the north from the common place name Birk, Birken, in "D" van den Birk, in "H" In den Birken. de Birke Although there is no certain information about the dating of the historical origin and its assignment to a certain area, it is possible for the nobility to prove the interpretation of the coat of arms. Since the beginning of the 15th century, the connection between the coat of arms and the landed property has become more and more loose, as the coat of arms has been extended to ever larger groups of people and families from the town councils, owners of certain offices or traders. ...
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When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
BlazonBirken
Variations Last name: Betulius,Birke
1. Coat of arms of family: Birken
Language of the text: English
Sable, a chevron gules accompanied in base by a star or.
Coat of Arms of family Birken from Prussia. Source: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap".
Écartelé; aux 1 et 4 d'argent, à un avant-bras de carnation issant d'une nuée au naturel mouv. du flanc dextre tenant une couronne de feuillage de sinople; aux 2 et 3 de sable, à l'ancre d'argent posée en barre. Sur le tout coupé d'or sur gueules, au bouleau de sinople brochant sur le coupé et posé sur une terrasse de sinople. Casque couronné. Cimier: une ancre d'argent en pal la trabe environnée d'une couronne de feuillage de sinople entre un vol coupé à dextre d'or sur gueules à senestre de sable sur argent. Lambrequin conformes aux émaux du vol.
Blason de la famille Birken ou Birken dit Betullius en Ratisbonne et Bâle (An., 1654); sources: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap"; "Johann Siebmachers allgemeines großes und vollständiges Wappenbuch, 4. Teil, 9. Ausgabe, Nürnberg 1772, 34".
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Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families