Aš
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Country : Czechia Province : Karlovarský Kraj District (Okres) :
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Czech | V modrém štítě tři stříbrní lipani pod sebou. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were registered on October 21, 2004.
The arms show three grayling (Thymallus thymallus), which are canting, as a greyling is an Asch in German and the historical German name of the city was Asch.
The oldest seal of the city from the 17th century showed three crossed graylings and this was used as city arms till the 19th century.
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1935
The arms in an album from 1955
Literature: Image obtained from here.