Crottendorf

CROTTENDORF Country : Germany State : Sachsen District (Kreis) : Erzgebirgskreis (until 2008 Annaberg ) Additions: 1999 Walthersdorf 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":50.517099999999999226929503493010997772216796875,"lon":12.946690000000000253521648119203746318817138671875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	blazon wanted
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on ??.

The arms show a turtle, which probably is a canting symbol; the village was known as Krötendorf, and Schildkröte is turtle.

In any case, the turtle already appeared on the local seal from 1563.

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  The seal from around 1900

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  Entry to the village

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