Judendorf-Straßengel
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JUDENDORF-STRASSENGEL
State : Steiermark
District : Graz-Umgebung
Incorporated into : 2015 Gratwein-Straßengel
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Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on July 1st, 1963.
The arms are canting: The Straße (road) and the Engel (angel), according to popular opinion the sources of the name of Straßengel, are represented. Straßengel is a place of pilgrimage, too (Church of Our Lady).
Philologically however, the name of Straßengel derives from the Slavic word "straza", meaning lookout or vantage point.
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Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 16 (1966), p. 57