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'''WELS'''
'''WELS'''

Revision as of 18:07, 12 January 2014

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Civic heraldry of Austria - Österreichische Gemeindewappen
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WELS

State : Oberösterreich
District : Wels

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 11, 1963

The arms are based on the oldest seals of the city. The oldest seal dates from 1295 and already shows a gate for the city, and the small arms of Austria. The base already showed the waves for the Traun river, but a later seal, from the 16th century showed the castle on a mountain. In the late 18th century the small shield was replaced by the Imperial Eagle of the Emperors. In the early 20th century the old arms were restored.

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Seal of the city from around 1900
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The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932

Literature : Baumert, H.E. : Oberösterreichische Gemeindewappen, Linz, 1996.