| The HOFFART Crest The HOFFART coat of arms was found in a church in Schwaigern, Germany. Schwaigern is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Wurttenberg. Schwaigern is about seven miles west of Heilbronn and about 20 miles north of Stuttgart. The church is a Lutheran church. This photo
of the church is from 2005: Inside the church, on the south wall of the choir, is
a painting: The painting is said to represent "the victorious
Christ above the tomb and before the astonished Mary and
Martha." In the foreground of the painting is a man
in a suit of armor; with him are two woman who are
praying. The coat of arms on the man identifies him as as
Gunther Harttman von Neipperg. The two praying women are
his two wives; the first of those two wives was a HOFFART
descendant. Framing the painting on the sides and the
bottom are rows of coats of arms -- eight for for each of
the three people (Gunther and his two wives). For each of
the three persons, there were crests for all eight
great-grandparents. The crests on the right side are the
crests for the wife who was the Hoffart descendant. The
second of her family crests is the Hoffart crest -- a
golden shield with a bold black cross, with gold and
black vines on either side of the shield, and with a
helmet with a red plume: The photographic images on this page are from Jim
Hufferd's website:: The background for the page is a graphic created by Jim Hufferd. It is Jim's attempt at duplicating the crest. Jim is a retired newsman who descends from Christian HOFFART (b. 1716) thusly:
NOTE ON SPELLING: The name HOFFART mutated and varied to include all of these and others: Hoffarth, Hufford, Huffort, Huffart, Hufferd, Huffert, Hoffart, Hoffard. Christian HUFFORD and 1st wife, Elizabeth KEIM
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