Varakļāni (town)
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VARAKĻĀNI TOWN
Region : Latgale
Municipality : Varakļāni
Official blazon
Zelta laukā divi melni galvaspāļi, galvā ejoša zelta lapsa. |- |English | (town) No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation |}
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted in 1938.
Varaklani is first mentioned in 1583, when the Borh family acquired it. In 1675 it was a borough, called Warkland in German. In 1784 it was a town, called Varklany in Russian.
But the development to the city was slow, and city rights were granted only in 1928.
The arms show a marten as a symbol of wealth, and three golden pales as symbols of three important trade ways, crossing in Varaklani.
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