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Origin of Vogt Total Records: 1  Origin of Vogt, Meaning of Vogt Origin: The name Vogt is derived from the Hegnishian word for cow which is "voghft". The Hegnishian people were a tribe that lived in the mountains of Germany. There are two reasons why the name Vogt is derived from the hegnishian "cow". One is that most of the Vogt family in the Hegnishan Tribe were obese and dubbed "cows" by their piers for not practicing the proper german food etiquite... another is that they were very high into the cattle raising industry and were said to raise the best meat in eastern europe. They lived there between about 1400 and 1672. They were castrated out of the mountains when the invading French army threatened their cattle production and some of the Vogt members were captured as French prisoners. The Vogt's that were left, which was the majority of them, headed down the mountain with the other Hegnishians and tried to raise their cattle there, all attempts prevailed. Surnames: Vogt, Tevis, McCalla Submitted by: Clay Vogt 11/25/2009 3:19 PM Page 1 of 1

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