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Gules a Patriarchal Cross patte Argent issuant from Coupeaux Vert.
Zeljko 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...]
Zeljko 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