The lion rampant is the mark of the House of Sayn, and the bear stands for the hunt.
Some sources, on the other hand, say that it is a canting symbol ("Bear" is Bär in German, pronounced the same way as the first syllable of Berleburg).
The House of Wittgenstein is also represented by the pallets (vertical stripes) from their old arms.
The lion rampant is the mark of the House of Sayn, and the bear stands for the hunt. Some sources, on the other hand, say that it is a canting symbol ("Bear" is Bär in German, pronounced the same way as the first syllable of Berleburg). The House of Wittgenstein is also represented by the pallets (vertical stripes) from their old arms.
Bad Berleburg