Châtenois (Bas-Rhin)

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Official blazon
French	D'or au châtaignier arraché de sinople.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are canting, showing a chestnut tree. It is canting for both the French and the German (Kestenholz) name of the village.

Image gallery

The arms in 1865
The arms by Schœnhaupt, 1900
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a cover (2006)

Literature: Les armoiries des communes du Bas-Rhin. Tome II: Communes du département (Achenheim a Dimbsthal). 1950

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