Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine
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Département : Haut-Rhin
Official blazon
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.
 The arms by Schœnhaupt, 1900 |
 The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932 |
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