Wolfisheim

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WOLFISHEIM

Département : Bas-Rhin

Blason de Wolfisheim/Arms (crest) of Wolfisheim
Official blazon
French D'or au crampon de sable.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms show a wolf's hook, a metal device placed in a piece of meat. The meat was placed as bait for wolves, and it was aimed to cut the intestines of the wolf, when it had eaten the meat. The symbol was chosen as a canting symbol, the name means (in German), place of the wolf.

Currently only the hook is used on a golden filed. Historical arms show a silver field for the hook and with the local patron saint, St. Peter, as a supporter, the whole again placed on a golden shield.

Blason de Wolfisheim

The arms in Hozier (1696)
Blason de Wolfisheim

The arms by Schœnhaupt, 1900
Blason de Wolfisheim

The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
Blason de Wolfisheim

The arms on a cover (2006)

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Literature: Les armoiries des communes du Bas-Rhin. Tome VI : Communes du département (Saulxures à Zutzendorf). 1963