Literature North Moravia


V) Moravian and Czech Heraldry

(taken from: Andreas Hanacek, "Kleiner Wegweiser für die Familienforschung im Kreis Sternberg und Umgebung in Nordmähren (Entwurf)" [Little guide for genalogical research in the county Sternberg and its surrounding area in North Moravia (draft version)])


Note: The following literature listing is mainly citing German and some single Czech books. The translated titles are added in brackets. The citation of literature is done after the following order: author; title (bold); subtitle (optional); editor (optional); publisher; publishing year; further informations (like edition, number of pages, contents, ISBN-number, price (optional))

Frequently used German abbreviations and words and their English equivalents:

Aufl., Auflage = edition
Ausg., Ausgabe = edition
Band, Bände = volume(s)
bearb., bearbeitet = ed., edited
DM = German Marks
ff = and the following year's issues, editions
Heft, Hefte = number(s), issue(s)
hrsg., herausgegeben = ed., edited
Hrsg., Herausgeber = Ed., Editor
ill. = illustrated
jährlich = annual, yearly
Jg., Jahrgang = year's issue(s)
Kt., Karte, Karten = map(s)
monatlich = monthly
Nr., Nummer = number
Teil, Teile = part(s)
S. = pages
Verlag = publishing house


Bibliographie ceske prace heraldicke I, 1901-1980; (Tematický anotovaný soupis clánku, statí a studií z oborových periodických tiskovin vydaných v ceské reci na územi Ceské socialistické republiky); Ostrava 1983
[lists all bibliographical references of Czech heraldry also down to the level of essays, extensive headword register]

Krahl, Ernst August; Mährisches Wappenbuch vom Jahre 1888 [Book of Moravian coat of arms of the year 1888]; Beheym-Verlag Gessertshausen 1986 (Reprint der Ausgabe von 1888); 112 S., überwiegend ill.
[Graphical listing of coats of arms of the Moravian noble families and the big landowners]

Halada, Jan; Lexikon ceske slechty: Erby, fakta, Osobnosti, Sidla a zajimavosti; Nakladatelstvi AkropolisPraha 1992; 197 S., zahlr. Ill.; ISBN 80-901020-3-4
[Coat of arms of the Moravian noble families with a short description of the history of the houses, black and white]

Zelenka, Ales; Sudetendeutsches Wappenlexikon, Ortswappen aus Böhmen, Mähren und Sudetenschlesien [Sudeten-German coat of arms, coat of arms of the places in Bohemia, Moravia and Sudeten-Silesia] ;Wappenzeichnungen Tony Javora; Verlag Passavia Passau 1985; 445 S., zahlr. Ill., Kt.

Kadich, H.v./Blazek, C.; Die Wappen des Mährischen Adels [Coat of arms of the Moravian nobility];Siebmacher's großes Wappenbuch Band 31 (mit einem Anhang die Domherren von Olmütz und ihre Wappen); Reprint von Verlag Bauer und Raspe, Neustadt an der Aisch 1979; ISBN 3-87947-031-6, DM 235,00; X, 321 S. Text und Register, 215 Tafeln mit Wappenabbildungen
[beside the reproduction of the coat of arms, there is also a short description of the history of the noble houses]


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