Crottendorf

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CROTTENDORF

State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Erzgebirgskreis (until 2008 Annaberg )
Additions : 1999 Walthersdorf

Crottendorf.jpg

Official blazon

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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