Coats of arms of the former princely seat in the Church of St Mary

The two coats of arms made of wood are embedded in a two metre-high relief in the form of a cape, which is held on both sides by the sculpture of a Nassau lion. A crown sits on the coats of arms; the borders are gilded. On each side a putto with a trumpet is placed underneath the lion. These coats of arms for the alliance and the marriage were produced to mark the 1727 wedding of Karl Philipp Franz, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1702-1763) and Friederike Sophie of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1714-1777). The coat of arms to the left with five Nassau lions represents Prince Karl Philipp, while the general coat of arms of Hesse to the right stands for Friederike Sophie. The relief belongs to a ‘princely seat’, the name given to the separate seat designated for the noble patron of a church, in this case the Jesuit Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Siegen. Built in 1729, it is now the Catholic parish church of St. Mary. The princely seat was completed in 1731 and cost a total of 21 reichsthaler.