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The arms show a wolf's hook, a metal device placed in a piece of meat. The meat was placed as bait for wolves, and it was aimed to cut the intestines of the wolf, when it had eaten the meat. The symbol was chosen as a canting symbol, the name is derived from Wolfgangersheim, which means (in German), place of the wandering wolf. | The arms show a wolf's hook, a metal device placed in a piece of meat. The meat was placed as bait for wolves, and it was aimed to cut the intestines of the wolf, when it had eaten the meat. The symbol was chosen as a canting symbol, the name is derived from Wolfgangersheim, which means (in German), place of the wandering wolf. | ||
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File:Wolxheim1.jpg|alt=Blason de Wolxheim / Arms of Wolxheim|The arms in Hozier (1696) | |||
File:Wolxheims.jpg|alt=Blason de Wolxheim / Arms of Wolxheim|The arms by [[Literature-France|Schœnhaupt, 1900]] | |||
File:wolxheim.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Wolxheim / Arms of Wolxheim|The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | |||
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The arms show a wolf's hook, a metal device placed in a piece of meat. The meat was placed as bait for wolves, and it was aimed to cut the intestines of the wolf, when it had eaten the meat. The symbol was chosen as a canting symbol, the name is derived from Wolfgangersheim, which means (in German), place of the wandering wolf.
The arms in Hozier (1696)
The arms by Schœnhaupt, 1900
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
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Literature : Les armoiries des communes du Bas-Rhin. Tome VI : Communes du département (Saulxures à Zutzendorf). 1963