Koskenpää

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KOSKENPÄÄ

Region : Keski-Suomi
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi, 1960-1997 Keski-Suomi
Incorporated into : 1969 Jämsänkoski (2009 Jämsä)

Koskenpää Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

Puna-hopeakatkoisessa kilvessä reunuksittain vuorovärinen ketju ja yläkentässä hopeinen vesipyörän yläpuolisko.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on May 16, 1962.

The wheel symbolises the use of the local rivers for hydro-electric power. The chain is a common symbol for the mother parish of <a href=j/jamsa|Jämsä]], Jämsänkoski and Koskenpää, and is thus used by all three municipalities in their arms.


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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.

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