[1] When the mount is included in the lower part of the shield, it may be considered an ordinary rather than a charge.
[2] The trimount can be found throughout heraldic traditions (Gallo-British, German-Nordic, and Latin), but it is especially common in Switzerland.
Classification of a mount as either an ordinary or a charge, is, in many cases, a matter of interpretation.
At first, it was only a small element at the bottom of the coat of arms, later it became a regular heraldic figure.
[5][6][7] Modern day Slovak interpretation is that it represents three mountain ranges of the Kingdom of Hungary: the Tatra, Fatra, and Mátra.