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Elfingen commune (Aargau canton, Switzerland)

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Elfingen

image by Pascal Gross

Gules a Patriarchal Cross patte Argent issuant from Coupeaux Vert.

Željko Heimer, 10 February 2001

Hungary Moderne? No - apart from difference between Coupeaux vs. Triple Mount, which may be ignored on some level, the Hungary moderne has additionally a golden crown in the base of the cross. Probably there is no connection between the two...]

Željko Heimer, 10 February 2001

From www.brugg-online.ch/gemeinde/el/portrait.htm "1322 schenkte Königin Agnes von Ungarn den Elfinger Hof dem Kloster Königsfelden' - in 1322 Queen Agnes of Hungary presented the court of Elfingen to the monastery Königsfelden.

So perhaps there is a connection...

Jarig Bakker, 10 February 2001

Confirmation from Ralf Hartemink's site:

"The cross is derived from the arms of Hungary, as the village was a possession of the Königsfelden Abbey, which was founded by Queen Agnes of Hungary."

Jarig Bakker, 11 February 2001

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