CoA John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Torgau, DE - Coats of Arms on Waymarking.com

In 1534, Saxony's Duke and Elector (There is no perfect English translation for the German title "Kurfürst") had this castle, called Hartenfels build in the town of Torgau.

The castle's gate is adorned by a slightly simplified version of the coat of Arms of John Frederick I, which in itself is a slight variation of the Great Arms of the Kingdom and Kings of Saxony.

We didn't have time to go inside and thus missed a much larger version of the Arms in the court yard, but Wikipedia has a really good picture of that one.

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The attached pictures are those we took of the smaller version on the outside.

Bearer of Coat of Arms: Noble (aristocratic) family Full name of the bearer: John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?: Gate to Schloss Hartenfels Material / Design: Painting on plaster Blazon (heraldic description): Saxony's Royal Arms consist of 17 fields, representing the Kingdom's noble families. The simplified version at this castles gate consists of four fields of which we could identify two: Top Left: Noble Family of Ballenstedt, Bottom Left: Henry the Lion. Address: Schloss Hartenfels Torgau, 04860 Germany Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): [Web Link] Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]

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