Blotzheim

BLOTZHEIM Country : France Département : Haut-Rhin Additions: 1830 Neuweg (partly) 1958 former parts of Neuweg transferred to Saint-Louis Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":47.60040000000000048885340220294892787933349609375,"lon":7.49589999999999978541609380044974386692047119140625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

French	D'argent à la croix pattée et alésée de sable en chef et au triangle du même vidé du champ en pointe.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms of Blotzheim are known since the 17^th century. The symbols were granted, as the sentence "Ora et Labora" (latin for "to pray and to work"), by Louis XIVth when he passed by Blotzheim and had a dinner in its castle. The symbols refer to the sentence, the cross for "Ora" and the set square for "Labora".

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  The arms in Hozier (1696)

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  The arms by Schœnhaupt, 1900

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  The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

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  The arms on a cover (1981)

Literature: Image taken from http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages, with permission; Wilsdorf et al., 1981.

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