Sankt Gallen

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	SANKT GALLEN Country : Switzerland Canton : Sankt Gallen Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":47.42450000000000187583282240666449069976806640625,"lon":9.3757999999999999118927007657475769519805908203125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Silber steigender, schwarzer Bär mit roter Zunge und Zeichen, goldenem Halsband, Klauen und Augenbrauen, sowie Gold in den Ohren.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

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Image gallery

The seal from 1360
The seal from 1401
The seal from 1491
The seal from 1364-1499
The seal from 1517-1566
The arms on a 1563 coin
The arms on a 1618 coin
The arms on a 1738 coin
The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495)
The arms in a manuscript from 1576
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
Variation of the arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960
Variation of the arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960
Variation of the arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960
Variation of the arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960

Literature : Die Gemeindewappen des Kantons Sankt Gallen, 1947; St. Galler Wappenbuch, 1991

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