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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles - Knights
Nobles in:Germany (Prussia - Galicia)
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Ancient and noble Prussian family, of clear and ancestral virtue, that has worldwide spread, over the centuries. This family has also been noble in Spain because of a Johann Nep. Nachitgal, pharmacist at Zamość, who received the Galician nobility from Emperor Joseph II, with diploma given in Vienna on May 23, 1786. In Prussia the family has received confirmation of its ancestry nobility on June 16, 1871, in the person of the colonel and commander of the thirtieth infantry regiment Oskar Heinrich Alexander Nachtigal (October 4, 1828 - April 17, 1890). In addition, on March 22, 1887, he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class, with oak leaves and swords on the ring and the enameled ribbon of the Order of the Crown. Moreover, this family, in all ages, always stood out, thanks to the prominent figures, which gave birth, in the public service, in ...
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BlazonNachtigal
1. Coat of arms of family: Nachtigal
Language of the text: English
Gules; a bow in fesse, or, and an arrow in pale, argent, on a chief of the same an Iron Cross. Crest: an arrow in pale, argent, between two elephant's trunks or and gules. Lambrequin: or and gules.
Coat of arms of family Nachtigal (Prussian nobility). Sources: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome II L-Z"; "Siebmacher's großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Bd. 3 (Blühender Adel deutscher Landschaften unter preußischer Vorherrschaft), 2. Abt., Bd. 2: Der blühende Adel des Königreichs Preußen: Edelleute. Nachträge und Verbesserungen, Nürnberg 1906, 13".
Azure; a stem of a tree, proper (or or), on a mount in base, vert, sprouting out a dexter branch leaved vert on which is perched a nightingale proper. Crest: the arms of the shield. Lambrequin: azure and argent.
Coat of arms of family Nachtigal (Galician nobility). Sources: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome II L-Z"; "Siebmacher's großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Bd. 4 (Habsburgermonarchie), 14. Abt.: Der Adel von Galizien, Ladomerien und der Bukowina, Nürnberg 1905, 174".
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