{{Short description|Heraldry figure of severed head}} [[File:Coa_Hungary_Town_Komádi.svg|thumb|Coat of arms of the Hungarian town [[Komádi]].]] In [[European heraldry]], the severed '''Turk head''',{{efn|{{langx|hu|Törökfej}}; {{langx|pl|Turecka głowa}}; [[Czech language|Czech]] and {{langx|sk|Turecká hlava}}; {{lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl|Turska glava|Турска глава}}; {{langx|uk|Турецька голова|Turetska holova}}.}} most often as pierced by a sword, signifies the many wars fought by European Christian states against the attacking [[Muslim]], [[Turkish people|Turkish]]-led [[Ottoman Empire]]. Other depictions include the head held up by a victor or picked by a raven. It is used in modern town, municipality and village coats of arms in [[Hungary]], [[Serbia]], [[Croatia]] and the [[Czech Republic]].
==List== ===Cities and towns=== *Hungary: [[Bezeréd]], [[Derecske]], [[Komádi]], [[Gáborján]], [[Hajdúdorog]], [[Hajdúnánás]], [[Szécsény]], [[Tépe]] *Serbia: [[Kikinda]], [[Vršac]] *Croatia: [[Đelekovec]] *Czech Republic: [[Orlík nad Vltavou]]
=== Families=== {{unsourced|section|date=December 2022}} It was adopted by some [[Austro-Hungarian]] nobility, such as:
*The Balogh of [[Nemčice]] (in Slovakia), [[Mezőcsávás]] (in Romania), Csegö (?), Szász-Czegö (?) *The [[House of Schwarzenberg|Schwarzenberg]] of [[Český Krumlov]] (in [[Bohemia]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Stickney|title=World Enough: Travel Memoirs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNifWSXYtZcC&pg=PA23|date=May 2001|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-0-595-18474-3|page=23}}</ref> *The Baky *The Benkeö of [[Kezdi-Sarfalva]] *The Branovacki *The Csernovics *The Csernoevicz *The Csokits *The Dunca of [[Sajo]] *The Eperjessy of [[Alba Iulia|Gyulafehérvár]] (in Romania) *The Gaines *The Kajdachy *The Karácson *The Kovács *The Kruchió *The Latinovics *The Nagy *[[Okolicsányi family|The Okolicsányi]] *The Pótsa
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Arms of the house of Schwarzenberg (1599).svg|[[House of Schwarzenberg|Schwarzenberg family]] arms, with a crow pecking at a Turk's head File:Orlík nad Vltavou znak.png|Arms of the town of [[Orlík nad Vltavou]], Czech Republic File:Coa Hungary Town Derecske.svg|Arms of the town of [[Derecske]], Hungary File:Coa Hungary Town Hajdúdorog.svg|Arms of the town of [[Hajdúdorog]], Hungary File:Coa Hungary Family Balogh - Mezőcsávás.svg|Arms of the Balogh family from [[Mezőcsávás]], Hungary File:Coa Hungary Town Tépe.svg|Arms of the town of [[Tépe]], Hungary Mali grb Kikinde.jpg|Arms of the city of [[Kikinda]], Serbia
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==See also== {{commons category}} *[[Heads in heraldry]] *[[Moor's head (heraldry)]] *[[Ottoman wars in Europe]]
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== *{{cite book|author=Palmira Brummett|title=Mapping the Ottomans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LlytCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA209|date=19 May 2015|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-09077-4|pages=209–}}
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