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'''ZERLACH'''

State : [[Steiermark]]<br>
District : Südoststeiermark (until 2015 Feldbach)<br>
Incorporated into : 2015 [[Kirchbach-Zerlach]]

[[File:zerlach.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]

===Official blazon===
Über einer silbernen Zinnenmauer im Schildfuß in Rot balkenweise eine silberne Kette von fünf Gliedern, durch zwei derselben sind je drei silberne Ähren gesteckt.

===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on May 7, 1984.

Farming plays an important part in the municipality. The wheat-ears represent bread, powerful symbol of life. The chain stands for the church of St. Leonhard, patron of stock-farmers. The base embattled commemorates a castle, which has disappeared.

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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Austria|Literature]] : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 36 (1986), p. 54

[[Category:Austrian Municipalities Z]]
[[Category:Steiermark]]
[[Category:Feldbach]]
[[Category:Südoststeiermark]]
[[Category:Granted 1984]]