Ward-Spittler-Metz-Lyon-Nash-Avery Family Heritage Center: Spittler-Metz Coats of Arms

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COAT OF ARMS FOR BADEN GERMANY (left)

Baden was a County in South-Western Germany. From 1806-1914 it was a Grand-Duchy and between 1918 and 1933 a semi-independent Free-State. Since 1945 it is a State of the German Federal Republic. In 1952 it was combined with Württemberg-Baden and Südwürttemberg-Hohenzollern to form Baden-Württemberg.

The Markgraves of Baden are descendents of the Zähringer dynasty, that were named after the castle Zähringen near Gundelfingen. They named themselves in the beginning of the 12th century after the castle Baden, in the present city of Baden-Baden. The original arms of the Zähringer dynasty was a red eagle on gold. Whether the Counts of Baden have used this eagle is not clear. In any case, from the beginning of the 13th century the red bend is used as the arms of Baden. The meaning or origin of this bend is not known. As crest two buffalo horns are used. Source: International Civic Arms

GERMAN NATIONAL ARMS (right)

An old image showing the German National Arms between the arms of the former West German States and their predecessors : small shield from top left (year of oldest picture): Hamburg (1450), Bremen (1369), Braunschweig- Grubenhagen (1390), Berlin (1460), Hessen (1247), Bayern (1302), Schwaben (1216), Saarbrücken (1284), Rheinpfalz (1252), Westfalen (1480) and Schleswig-Holstein (1386); Main shield: Hamburg, Bremen, Niedersachsen, Berlin, Hessen, Bayern, Baden-Württemberg, Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein.
Source: International Civic Arms

ORIGIN OF METZ FAMILY IN GERMANY

NAMES/LOCATIONS IN SPITTLER-METZ LINEAGE

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SPITTLER FAMILY TREE        FAMILY RECIPES          METZ FAMILY TREE
DESCENDANTS of GEORGE W. & EDITH METZ SPITTLER      FAMILY PHOTOS
SPITTLER-METZ FAMILY NARRATIVE     INFO ON LAKE VIEW, NY

METZ	HASLACH im Kinzigtal Haslach (44 km northeast of Freiburg in southern Baden) was first mentioned as a city in the middle of the 13th century. The oldest seal is known from 1342 and shows the canting hazel bush (Hasel in German) It is believed to be the origin of the JACOB SPITTLER family. More on Haslach.	SPITTLER
Meaning: cousin	BLANKENLOCH Blankenloch, a small town north of Karlsruhe in Baden is the origin of the JACOB METZ family. Read about Blankenloch today, which is part of Stutensee.