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Municipality : [[Preiļi(municipality)|Preiļi]]
Municipality : [[Preiļi(municipality)|Preiļi]]


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[[File:Preili.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


===Official blazon===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Official blazon
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|'''Latvian'''
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Zelta laukā melns krauklis.
Zelta laukā melns krauklis.
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|'''English'''
| blazon wanted
|}


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
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[[Literature]] : Latvias ģerboņi, 2008
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Latvia|'''Literature''']]: Latvias ģerboņi, 2008


[[File:latvia.jpg|50 px|Link=Latvia]][[Category:Latvian towns]]
[[Category:Latvian towns]]
[[Category:Latgale]]
[[Category:Latgale]]
[[Category:Granted 1938]]
[[Category:Granted 1938]]

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PREIĻI TOWN

Region : Latgale
Municipality : Preiļi

Coat of arms (crest) of Preiļi (town)
Official blazon
Latvian

Zelta laukā melns krauklis.

English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1938.

Preili is first mentioned in the 14th century as a village, called then Prelle in German. In the 18th century it was a town already, called Prely or Prele in Russian. In 1928 city rights were granted.

The arms were granted in 1938: a raven. The raven is a symbol of wisdom in the Latvian folklore.


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Literature: Latvias ģerboņi, 2008