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In December of 2004, Dr. Hans Jürgen Schlotfeldt of Germany (and Chile) was kind enough to send this copy of a different artist rendering of the Coat-of-Arms. He indicates that he found history of this crest located it at the Monestary at Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein. Itzehoe is not too far from Klein Flintbek and was the place where some of our family weddings took place. This copy is reduced in size for faster display. It is basically the same crest with some softer detail. (See the other from Hans-Hinrich elsewhere on this page.) If any of you get to Itzehoe, we would like some more information about these Coats-of-Arms and the times in which they were developed. There were enough wars on this land to keep a lot folks busy defending one Principality or another, or the Church and community. Enough that it is recorded, in one old family gathering in America, that perhaps "Schlotfeldt" should mean something like "Blood Field" because of all the wars fought across the land. We thank HJ for sending this to us. We will share a copy with you. We don't sell these things.
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