# Seeblatt

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{{Short description|Heraldic figure}}
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thumb|Seeblatt bendwise sinister
'''{{lang|de|Seeblatt|italic=no}}''' ({{IPA|de|ˈzeː.blat|}}, German for 'lake leaf', plural ''{{lang|de|Seeblätter}}''; {{langx|da|søblad}}; {{langx|fy|pompeblêd}}; East Frisian: Pupkeblad) is the term for the stylized leaf of a [water lily](/source/Nymphaeaceae), used as a [charge](/source/Charge_(heraldry)) in heraldry.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mistholme.com/dictionary/seeblatt | title = Mistholme: Seeblatt | access-date = 2015-02-18}}</ref>

==Background==
thumb|The natural water lily leaf
This charge is used in the heraldry of Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia, but not so much in France and Britain. Seeblätter feature prominently on the [coat of arms of Denmark](/source/coat_of_arms_of_Denmark) as well as on [Danish coins](/source/Danish_coins).{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In [West Frisian](/source/West_Frisian_language), the term ''pompeblêd'' is used. The name is used to indicate the seven red lily leaf-shaped blades on the [Frisian flag](/source/Flag_of_Friesland_(province)). The seven red ''pompeblêden'' (leaves of the [yellow water lily](/source/Nuphar_lutea) and the [European white waterlily](/source/Nymphaea_alba)) refer to the medieval Frisian 'sea districts': more or less autonomous regions along the Southern North Sea coast from the city of Alkmaar to the [Weser](/source/Weser) River. There never have been exactly seven of these administrative units; the number of seven bears the suggestion of 'a lot'. Late medieval sources identify seven Frisian districts, though with different names. The most important regions were [West Friesland](/source/West_Friesland_(region)), [Westergo](/source/Westergo), [Oostergo](/source/Oostergo), [Hunsingo](/source/Hunsingo), [Fivelingo](/source/Fivelingo), [Reiderland](/source/Reiderland), [Emsingo](/source/Emsingo), [Brokmerland](/source/Brokmerland), [Harlingerland](/source/Harlingerland) and [Rüstringen](/source/R%C3%BCstringen) ([Jeverland](/source/Jeverland) and [Butjadingen](/source/Butjadingen)).{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Frisian flag.svg|The [Frisian flag](/source/Flag_of_Friesland)
File:Groningen provincie wapen.svg|The [Coat of arms of Groningen](/source/Coat_of_arms_of_Groningen_(province))
File:DE Tecklenburg COA.svg|[Tecklenburg](/source/Tecklenburg), Germany
File:Tecklenburg-Wappen wwb-316-2.png|Original arms of the German [counts of Tecklenburg](/source/County_of_Tecklenburg)
File:Interfrisian Flag.svg|Flag of the [Interfrisian Council](/source/Interfrisian_Council)
</gallery>

==See also==
* [Flag of Friesland](/source/Flag_of_Friesland)
* [Heart symbol](/source/Heart_symbol)
* [Cardioid](/source/Cardioid), a geometrical curve resembling the outline of a seeblatt
* [SC Heerenveen](/source/SC_Heerenveen), Dutch football club whose home kit features seven lily-shaped blades

==References==
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{{Heraldry}}

Category:Symbols
Category:Heraldic charges
Category:Visual motifs

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