gable
Sign in to savethumb|Early Gothic wimperg with pinnacles above the west portal of the Bad Hersfeld town church (around 1330) thumb|Oriel window with wimperg and pinnacles on the Imperial Hall of the Old Town Hall in Regensburg in [[Bavaria, Germany]] In Gothic architecture, a wimperg is a gable-like crowning over portals and windows and is also called an ornamental gable. Outside of immediate architecture, the wimperg is also found as a motif in Gothic carving.
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Forms
- Heraldry
- References
- External links
thumb|Early Gothic wimperg with pinnacles above the west portal of the Bad Hersfeld town church (around 1330) thumb|Oriel window with wimperg and pinnacles on the Imperial Hall of the Old Town Hall in Regensburg in [[Bavaria, Germany]] In Gothic architecture, a wimperg is a gable-like crowning over portals and windows and is also called an ornamental gable. Outside of immediate architecture, the wimperg is also found as a motif in Gothic carving.
== Etymology == The word has been documented in German since the 10th century (Old High German wintberga, Middle High German wintberge). The original meaning was "that which protects against the wind, conceals [birgt in German]". What was originally meant were gable parts that protrude above the roof. In this context, Wintberge is also found in older sources in the meaning "merlon" ( mentions Middle High German wintburgelin "merlon"), occasionally also "Wimperg" as "tooth-like top extension to the parapet wall of a battlement".