...goes back
to the late
Gothic period (end of the 15. century).
All details
of the coat of
arms have a special meaning:
The petals
and leaves of
the vine tendril (German: Weinraute) stand for the first part of our
name:
"Wey"
Three
golden twigs of a vine
tendril are stuck on a red wheel with five spokes.
The wheel
(German: Rad) is
the symbol for the second part of our name: "reter"
This
structure consisting
of vine tendril and wheel is called helmet decoration.
Under the
helmet decoration
you can see the vermilion and cobalt blue helmet cover.
Beneath
follows the shield:
red beams on a silver background. The lion on blue background is not
entirely
clarified. It could be the symbol of the rank of counts (British:
earls).
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