Zeihen
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ZEIHEN
Canton : Aargau
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms show a pale with 12 fields. These fields symbolise the 12 large farms that were owned by the Säckingen Abbey in the Middle Ages. The two wheat-ears are a symbol of the farming communities of Ober- and Unterzeihen.
Literature : Die Gemeindewappen des Kantons Aargau