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'''WOLFISHEIM''' | '''WOLFISHEIM''' | ||
Département : [[Bas-Rhin]] | Département : [[Bas-Rhin]] | ||
[[File:wolfishe.jpg|center]] | [[File:wolfishe.jpg|center|alt=Blason de {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
====Origin/meaning | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''French''' | |||
| D'or au crampon de sable. | |||
|- | |||
|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
|} | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
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 means (in German), place of the 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 means (in German), place of the wolf. | ||
Currently only the hook is used on a golden filed. Historical arms show a silver field for the hook and with the local patron saint, St. Peter, as a supporter, the whole again placed on a golden shield. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:wolfisheim.hagfr.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | |align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|300 px|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in Hozier (1696) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}s.jpg|250 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Literature-France|Schœnhaupt, 1900]] | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:wolfisheim.hagfr.jpg|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}2.jpg|300 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a cover (2006) | |||
|} | |} | ||
[[Literature]] : Les armoiries des communes du Bas-Rhin. Tome VI : Communes du département (Saulxures à Zutzendorf). 1963 | {{fr}} | ||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Les armoiries des communes du Bas-Rhin. Tome VI : Communes du département (Saulxures à Zutzendorf). 1963 | |||
[[Category:French Municipalities W]] | [[Category:French Municipalities W]] | ||
[[Category:Bas-Rhin]] | [[Category:Bas-Rhin]] |
Latest revision as of 10:31, 22 April 2024
WOLFISHEIM
Département : Bas-Rhin
French | D'or au crampon de sable. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
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 means (in German), place of the wolf.
Currently only the hook is used on a golden filed. Historical arms show a silver field for the hook and with the local patron saint, St. Peter, as a supporter, the whole again placed on a golden shield.
The arms in Hozier (1696) |
The arms by Schœnhaupt, 1900 |
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932 |
The arms on a cover (2006) |
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Literature: Les armoiries des communes du Bas-Rhin. Tome VI : Communes du département (Saulxures à Zutzendorf). 1963