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Revision as of 10:31, 10 December 2017
GURK
State : Kärnten
District : Sankt Veit an der Glan
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on February 20, 1969 and again on June 8, 1973.
From the Middle Ages on, a bishop resided at Gurk to take care of the Carinthian parts of the archdiocese of Salzburg. A beautiful Cathedral was built at Gurk, a well-known example of the Romanesque style in Austria.
According to tradition, St. Hemma, the inofficial patron-saint of Carinthia, supervised the building personally. It is said that every labourer received his just wages - even when he tried to grab more than his due out of the money-bag at the accounting table.
The arms refer to this tradition, depicting the Cathedral at Gurk.
The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932 |
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