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'''KE&#142;MAROK'''

Region (kraj) : [[Prešov (province)|Prešov]]<br/>
District (okres) : Kežmarok

[[File:Kezmarok.jpg|center|{{PAGENAME}} (Erb, znak)]]

====Official blazon====

====Origin/meaning====
The arms were officially granted in 1463, but are at least 20 years older. 

The arms show in the lower part the bars of Hungary and in the upper part swords as a symbol for the fat that the city was a border town. 

{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:kezmarokpatent.jpg|center|750 px]]  <br/>The original letters patent from 1463 
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{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:kezmarok.hagcs.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Znaky Republiky Československé|Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1930 
|align="center"|[[File:kezmarok1.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms on the city hall ([http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMKRYD_Mesto_Kemarok_radnica_Kemarok_Slovakia source])
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[[Literature]] : Kartous et al, 1991; Slowakei - Spaziergänge durch die Jahrhunderte der Städte und Städchen. Piroda, Bratislava, 1994 (German version, ISBN 80-07-00531-5); Kartous and Vrteľ , 2000; Novakov, 2006

[[Category:Slovak Municipalities K]]
[[Category:Kežmarok]]
[[Category:Granted 1463]]