Talk:Saxon Steed

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Lower Saxony (inactive)

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Merger proposal

Coat of arms of Lower Saxony and Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia should be sections within this article, like in the German wikipedia article: [1] Phoenix of9 (talk) 04:36, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia should not be a part of this article, as it obvously contains several other elements besides the saxon steed. That's why it does have an own article in the German wikipedia. --Caballito (talk) 18:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia is very short. Compare that with de:Wappen Nordrhein-Westfalens But it'd be great if you could improve Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia. Phoenix of9 (talk) 18:48, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Meaning of 'roof-sign'

It reads: "There is also a very common roof-sign on (farm)houses with 2 horseheads which can refer to..."

what is meant by: "roof-sign" - a weathervane/weathercock?

See the pictures here: nl:Uilenbord to get an idea. Gerard von Hebel (talk) 21:34, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's a special form of gable decoration similar to bargeboards as you can see here: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Low_German_house#Decoration. Going by the german articles about this phenomenon there seems to be some disagreement amongst historians studying architecture if it's an authentic phenomenon from the bronze age and antiquity or if it was invented later (when the heraldic of the horse for lower saxony already was widespread) and just retconned to be from older times.178.203.155.165 (talk) 06:24, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]