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After the 14th century the coat of arms started to lose their significance on the battle field as the methods of warfare were changing. Since then they served more and more to distinguish and identify noble men and later on also civil families.

In the times of Renaissance the coat of arms were still present and characterized by the style and art of this rather splendiferous era so that the design of the images was very ornamental. However, the following epochs of Baroque and Rococo increasingly ignore heraldry. Only in Napoleon times the coat of arms regained importance. The art movement of this era was marked by the Empire which influenced the architecture as well as other fields with its neo-classical elements and generally created a new style. Therefore, also the design and creation of the rediscovered coat of arms is influenced by the artistry of the time. The original rules of heraldry however, are mostly forgotten about.
In these times the first coat of arms of the Bornebusch family was created.

That was the coat of arms with an official seal (see following page) from Johann Heinrich Bornebusch (1777-1835/11-093). He belonged to the family that left the Bornbusch farm at the beginning of the 18th century and settled in Radbruch, Neuhaus and in the “lippisch” and Franconian areas. Johann Heinrich was hired by the royal stud of Hanover in Neuhaus and also worked as an innkeeper in a place called “Krug” in the local village. In 1822 he became the village mayor of Neuhaus and additionally the trustee attorney of various…..
  
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