Spielberg bei Knittelfeld

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SPIELBERG BEI KNITTELFELD

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

Official blazon

Im goldenen Schild ein aus dem Schildfuß vorne zum hinteren Schildrand aufsteigender blauer Dreiberg, darüber von Gold und Blau in vier Reihen mit zehn (4:3:2:1) Plätzen geschacht.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on August 1, 1978 and again on September 1, 2015.

The arms consists of a chequered field, resembling a chess board, which is a canting element (Spiel=game). The ten fields represent the ten villages in the municipality.

The blue mountain is a canting element for the -Berg part of the name (Berg=mountain).

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