Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine

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SAINTE-CROIX-EN-PLAINE

Département : Haut-Rhin

Blason de Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine/Arms (crest) of Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine
Official blazon
French D'azur à la croix haussée, tréflée, au pied fiché d'argent, à deux crosses affrontées d'or, fûtées d'argent, passées en sautoir et brochant sur le tout.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The cross in the arms is a canting symbol (Saint Croix means Holy Cross) and refers to the foundation of the local abbey in 1034 by the Count of Eguisheim. His son later became Pope Leo IX. The two crosiers refer to both the abbey as well as this pope.

Blason de Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine

The arms in Hozier (1696)
Blason de Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine

The arms by Schœnhaupt, 1900
Blason de Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine

The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
Blason de Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine

The arms on a cover (1988)
Blason de Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine

The arms on a cover (1991

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