Elgg

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ELGG

Canton : Zürich
Additions: 2018 Hofstetten

Wappen von Elgg/Arms (crest) of Elgg

Official blazon

In Rot ein silberner Balken, begleitet von drei schwarzen, goldgezungten Bärenköpfen mit goldenen Halsbändern (2, 1).

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted on May 5, 1927.

The three bear heads are derived from the arms of the St. Gallen Abbey (which shows a black bear in silver), to which the village historically belonged. The silver bar is derived from the arms of the medieval Lords of Elgg and is known from the seal of Eberhard von Elgg von 1288. The Lords of Elgg where stewards for the Abbey and already in 1268 Walter von Elgg used a bear in his crest.

The arms appeared for the first time on the seal of the city dating from 1395. On this seal the bears, however, have no collar. The collar appeared in 1512 on a banner and since 1557 on the seal of the city. Due to bad drawings and lack of historical knowledge, the bears were sometimes shown as dogs in the 18th and 19th century.

Seal of Elgg

The first seal (used 14th century)
Wappen von/Blason de Elgg

The arms in 1860
Seal of Elgg

The arms on a 1930s (?) postcard
Wappen von/Blason de Elgg

Wappen von/Blason de Elgg

Variations of the arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960
Wappen von/Blason de Elgg



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