House Wulfhart

“Die Tür offen, das Herz still”

A house of 90 members across 13 generations.

Only a steward can change the arms and the succession

What the arms mean

Shield shapeHeaterThe usual knightly shield of the 13th and 14th centuries. The shape shows period and fashion, not a symbol.
ColourSableConstancy and prudence; in some tables, mourning.
DivisionPlainOne tincture, no division: the simplest field.
ChargeSword · ArgentJustice, honour and a knight's readiness to defend.

These meanings are a later tradition. Medieval heralds mostly chose a charge for how it looked, or as a pun on the family's name.

The number of figures, where they stand and which way they face are choices of design, with no fixed meaning.

Succession