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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Austria - Österreichische Gemeindewappen |
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LANGEGG BEI GRAZ
State : Steiermark
District : Graz-Umgebung
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on October 10, 1988.
Johann Joseph Fux, born in 1660 in today's Langegg, rose to become the famous Composer of the Baroque age in Austria, Court Composer to the Emperor. Among many other works, he wrote the "Gradus ad Parnassum", a book on musical theory.
The coat of arms attempts to represent this: Hence the fox (Fux) and the "stairs" (gradus).
Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 39 (1989), p. 34