German Genealogy: Reference Sources in Memorial Library : Coat of Arms

Bibliography compiled and maintained by Alan Furchtenicht

Coat of Arms

Bauer, Konrad F. Das Bürgerwappen: ein Buch von den Wappen und Eigenmarken der deutschen Bürger und Bauern. Frankfurt/Main: Verlag der Hauserpresse, 1935.
Call Number: CR1834 B3, MEMORIAL LIBRARY Stacks Regular Size Shelving
(Brief history of German heraldry.)
Großes Wappen-Bilder-Lexikon der bürgerlichen Geschlechter Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. München: E. Battenberg, 1985.
Call Number: CR57 G3 G7 1985, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (MEMORIAL LIBRARY) Reference Oversize
(Examples of coats of arms by family names.)
Hussman, Heinrich. Über deutsche Wappenkunst. Wiesbaden: Guido Pressler Verlag, 1973.
Call Number: CR1823 H87 1973, MEMORIAL LIBRARY Stacks Regular Size Shelving
(Explains elements found in German coats of arms.)
Lexikon Städte und Wappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. 2. neubearb, und erweiterte Aufl. Leipzig: VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie, 1984.
Call Number: DD261 B54 1984, MEMORIAL LIBRARY Stacks Regular Size Shelving
(Coats of arms for cities in the former East Germany.)
Steimel, Robert. Die Wappen der bundesdeutschen Landkreise. Köln: Steimel-Verlag, [1964].
Call Number: CR553 A4, MEMORIAL LIBRARY Stacks Regular Size Shelving
(Coats of arms for cities of pre-re-unification West Germany.)

Coat of Arms - MadCat Search Tips

Check also the Library Catalog and card catalogs under subject Heraldry -- Germany -- [area name, for example, Cologne]. Most sources are in the CR section of the stacks.