The Eckart Family’s Coat of Arms
The Eckart family’s coat of arms consists of a red escutcheon with a silver bend sinister on which a golden heart is superimposed. From it grows a green oak twig with three golden acorns and four green leaves. Above the escutcheon is a helmet with a red and golden torse. The helmet is placed between two red wings – the one on the right with a silver bend sinister, the one on the left with a silver bend (dexter) and, between them, the same oak twig as on the escutcheon.[1]
First evidence for the use of this coat of arms exists for the children of Johannes Eckart (1725 to 1790). It can be found, amongst others, on hymn books and as seal on Carl August Eckart's last will and testament from 1854. The coat of arms could date back to a certain Heinrich Erhard Eckart, who lived in the 17th century, but was not a direct relative of Johannes Eckart’s family branch.[2]