The next stop in Katie's river cruise was the town of Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic.
The town has a lot of heraldry in it, with lots of examples of the arms of three different ruling families over the years: the Rosenbergs; the Eggenbergs; and the Schwarzenbergs.
But first, for the arms of the city itself:
My blazon for the arms is: Azure a double-towered castle argent roofed and portcullised proper, in chief on an inescutcheon Argent a rose proper between three crows or ravens displayed in pall heads to center sable. (The inescutcheon refers back to the original arms of the Rosenberg (the rose) and Eggenberg (the three crows/ravens) lords of Český Krumlov.)
The arms of the city can also be seen painted on the side of the Tortury Museum, between the windows and immediately below the arms of the state of Bohemia: Gules a lion rampant double queued (sometimes, as here, queue-forchy) Argent crowned and armed Or. The Bohemian arms are now the first and fourth quarters of the arms of the Czechia (the Czech Republic).
Please click on the image below to go to the full-size photograph to see these arms in greater detail.
The other coats of arms flanking Bohemia are those of Eggenberg and Schwarzenberg, which we will be seeing again.
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