Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld

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SANKT MAREIN BEI KNITTELFELD

State : Steiermark
District : Murtal (until 2015 Knittelfeld)
Incorporated into : 2015 Sankt Marein-Feistritz

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on 17 Feb, 1975.

The arms contain references to the beautiful church dedicated to Our Lady, to a healing spring, called the Sauerbrunn Fentsch (jug) and to metal industry (ploughshare; the fir was the brand of a local manufacturer).

St. Marein is a dialect form of St. Maria.