Family coat of arms of the main trunk

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Description

Over golden three-mountain, covered with red water wheel, in blue a jumping deer,
accompanied of two upright, five-sided golden prisms.
On the blue-golden stuffed helmet with same covers an increasing golden deer.

Origin and sense interpretation

Because an entitled acceptance exists, the fact that theVogelsberg family has its origin in the
Siegerland (Westphalia), the Siegen coat of arms was taken as a basis for the presentation
(cf. German Lineage Book, volume 164). This was made from a signet, the Muenker families
in Ferndorf sealed with since that 18th century. The origin of the seal is certainly older.
On the signet the jumping deer and the mountain are shown. The water wheel refers to the
several times occurring occupation of miller as well as to the hammersmith. With the two
five-sided prisms one refers to the Vogelsberg (Hesse). Its basalt confirmed frequently in the characteristic prismatic form as so-called pillar basalt.

Design:   Hellmuth Münker, Kaltenkirchen (Germany)
Drawing: Dieter Schäfer, Assenheim (Germany)

Publication of the family coat of arms

Entry in the Hessian list of coat of arms (Hessische Wappenrolle, 1995)
and in the Family Book Muenker (Familienbuch Münker, private printing):
Das Geschlecht Münker aus dem Vogelsberg und vom Niederrhein
(The lineage Muenker from the Vogelsberg and of the Lower Rhine).

Heraldic founder: Joachim Münker, Oberrombach near Hünfeld / Hesse (Germany)

Created: 12.01.2001