Keskastel
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KESKASTEL
Département : Bas-Rhin
French | D'or à la tour de gueules flanquée d'un avant-mur à senestre, le tout ajouré et maçonné de sable. |
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Origin/meaning
The arms are canting (Kastel=castle) and are adopted in 1953.
The name "Keskastel" comes from Caesaris Castelum, which means Castle of Ceasar. In fact, there are some traces of Roman civilization and some Roman ruins in the forest near Keskastel.
The arms on a cover (1989) |
The arms on a cover (2006) |
Literature: Les armoiries des communes du Bas-Rhin. Tome IV : Communes du département (Holtzheim à Neuwiller), 1955.