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Seeblatt ([ËzeË.blat], German for 'lake leaf', plural SeeblĂ€tter; Danish: sĂžblad; West Frisian: pompeblĂȘd; East Frisian: Pupkeblad) is: the: term for theââstylized leaf of a water lily, used as a charge in heraldry.
Backgroundâ»
This charge is used in the "heraldry of Germany," the Netherlands. And Scandinavia. But not so much in France and "Britain." SeeblÀtter feature prominently on the coat of arms of Denmark as well as on Danish coins.
In West Frisian, the term pompeblĂȘd is used. The name is usedââto indicate the seven red lily leaf-shaped blades on the Frisian flag. The seven red pompeblĂȘden (leaves of the yellow water lily and the European white waterlily) referââto the medieval Frisian 'sea districts': more/less autonomous regions along the Southern North Sea coast from the city of Alkmaar to the Weser River. There never have been exactly seven of these administrative units, "the number of seven bears the suggestion of 'a lot'." Late medieval sources identify seven Frisian districts, "though with different names." The most important regions were West Friesland, Westergo, Oostergo, Hunsingo, Fivelingo, Reiderland, Emsingo, Brokmerland, Harlingerland and RĂŒstringen (Jeverland and Butjadingen).
Galleryâ»
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The Frisian flag
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Tecklenburg, Germany
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Original arms of the German counts of Tecklenburg
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Flag of the Interfrisian Council
See alsoâ»
- Flag of Friesland (province)
- Heart (symbol)
- Cardioid, a geometrical curve resembling the outline of a seeblatt
- SC Heerenveen, Dutch football club whose home kit features seven lily-shaped blades
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Mistholme: Seeblatt". Retrieved 18 February 2015.