Knittelfeld

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KNITTELFELD

State : Steiermark
District : Murtal (until 2015 Knittelfeld)
Additions : 2015 Apfelberg

Official blazon

(1954) In einem roten Schilde erscheinen freischwebend drei waagrecht übereinander liegende, je dreimal oben und unten nach rechts gestümmelte silberne Knüttel.
(2015) In rotem Schild drei waagrecht übereinander liegende, je dreimal oben und unten nach rechts gestümmelte silberne Knüttel.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on November 30, 1954 and again on November 1, 2015.

The arms are canting, showing three Knüttel (coshes or ragged staffs), and have been used since the 13^th century. The name Knittelfeld is usually considered a Rodungsname, a "clearing name" of the Middle Ages. The city was formally founded in the 13^th century.

The arms in 1445	The arms by Zacharias Bartsch (1567)
Seal from ? (between 17th and 20th centuries)	The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms around 1600	The arms by Widimsky, 1864
Seal from around 1900	The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932
The arms in the Abadie albums