Hätzingen

HÄTZINGEN

Canton : Glarus
Incorporated into : 2004 Luchsingen (2011 Glarus-Süd)

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted on April 18, 1939.

The arms show a warrior of the Allaman tribe. The meaning hereof is that the name Hätzingen may have been derived from a meaning "place of Hazzo", Hazzo being a Allaman name. The Allamans were a Germanic tribe living in present Switzerland in late Roman times.

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Literature : Tschudi-Schümperlin, 1941