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The city of Bruck was not granted arms; Emperor Maximilian I granted to the citizens of Bruck the right to stamp a brand into ironware of their own produce (date of this grant April 6, 1503). This brand follows heraldic rules. It contains a stone bridge over a river, two towers and the Styrian panther. Bruck of course means Brücke (bridge). The city was a wealthy trading town, important because of its bridge over the river Mur and its castle which belonged to the Landesfürst, the Duke of Styria. Bruck is very near to the old mining region in Upper Styria. | The city of Bruck was not granted arms; Emperor Maximilian I granted to the citizens of Bruck the right to stamp a brand into ironware of their own produce (date of this grant April 6, 1503). This brand follows heraldic rules. It contains a stone bridge over a river, two towers and the Styrian panther. Bruck of course means Brücke (bridge). The city was a wealthy trading town, important because of its bridge over the river Mur and its castle which belonged to the Landesfürst, the Duke of Styria. Bruck is very near to the old mining region in Upper Styria. | ||
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| | File:bruckm1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bruck an der Mur/Arms of Bruck an der Mur|The arms around 1500 | ||
File:bruckmur2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bruck an der Mur/Arms of Bruck an der Mur|The arms by Zacharias Bartsch (1567) | |||
File:Bruck an der Mur1600.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bruck an der Mur/Arms of Bruck an der Mur|The arms around 1600 | |||
File:Bruck an der Mur16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bruck an der Mur/Arms of Bruck an der Mur|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Bruck an der Murs1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bruck an der Mur/Arms of Bruck an der Mur|The arms on a local stamp | |||
File:bruckmur.hagat.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bruck an der Mur/Arms of Bruck an der Mur|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag : Die Wappen der Republik Oesterreich|Coffee Hag album]] +/- 1932 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Austria|'''Literature''']]: Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 13 (1963), p. 70; Bartsch (1567) | |||
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BRUCK AN DER MUR
State : Steiermark
District : Bruck-Mürzzuschlag (until 2015 Bruck an der Mur)
Additions : 2015 Oberaich
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The city of Bruck was not granted arms; Emperor Maximilian I granted to the citizens of Bruck the right to stamp a brand into ironware of their own produce (date of this grant April 6, 1503). This brand follows heraldic rules. It contains a stone bridge over a river, two towers and the Styrian panther. Bruck of course means Brücke (bridge). The city was a wealthy trading town, important because of its bridge over the river Mur and its castle which belonged to the Landesfürst, the Duke of Styria. Bruck is very near to the old mining region in Upper Styria.
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> File:bruckm1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bruck an der Mur/Arms of Bruck an der Mur|The arms around 1500 File:bruckmur2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bruck an der Mur/Arms of Bruck an der Mur|The arms by Zacharias Bartsch (1567) File:Bruck an der Mur1600.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bruck an der Mur/Arms of Bruck an der Mur|The arms around 1600 File:Bruck an der Mur16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bruck an der Mur/Arms of Bruck an der Mur|The arms in a 16th century manuscript File:Bruck an der Murs1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bruck an der Mur/Arms of Bruck an der Mur|The arms on a local stamp File:bruckmur.hagat.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bruck an der Mur/Arms of Bruck an der Mur|The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932 |}
Literature: Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 13 (1963), p. 70; Bartsch (1567)
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