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'''SAINTE-CROIX-EN-PLAINE'''
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Revision as of 17:56, 12 September 2013

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SAINTE-CROIX-EN-PLAINE

Département : Haut-Rhin

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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.

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The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

Literature : Image taken from http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages, with permission.