Sankt Jakob in Defereggen

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SANKT JAKOB IN DEFEREGGEN

State : Tirol
District : Lienz

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 2, 1975.

The arms show a scallop as a symbol of the local patron saint, St. James. The mountains and the mining tools refer to the high mountains near the village and the mining in the Defereggen valley.