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District (okres) : Banská Štiavnica | District (okres) : Banská Štiavnica | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms are one of the oldest in the former Kingdom of Hungary and thus also among the oldest in Slovakia. It dates from the first half of the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The gate symbolises the city, the tools the importance of mining in the area. | The arms are one of the oldest in the former Kingdom of Hungary and thus also among the oldest in Slovakia. It dates from the first half of the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The gate symbolises the city, the tools the importance of mining in the area. | ||
The settlement was founded in the vicinity of rich silver ore deposits most probably in the 12th century. In the 1340s the community was promoted by the Hungarian King Bela IV to the status of a royal mining town; the coat-of-arms granted on that occasion was changed several times. | |||
In 1788 King Joseph II granted new arms after the town of Štiavnica was combined with the town of Banská Bela. It showed a fortified wall with a tower. The gate with lifted portcullis indicate the status of a free town while the lizards on both sides of the fortification refer to the legend to the effect that the ore lodes were discovered by a lizard. Above the tower was a small shield with crossed mining hammers and four balls between their handles represent the coat-of-arms of the town of Banská Bela. The mining picks placed on both sides of the shield are meant to emphasize the nature of a mining town. These arms are shown below. | |||
The current arms are based on the oldest arms of the town. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:1955.aba.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
|align="center"|[[File:bstiavnicacaka.jpg|center|400 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] The arms by Jan Čaka (1977) | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Czechoslovakia, Czechia and Slovakia|'''Literature''']]: | |||
{{media}} Kartous et al, 1991; Slowakei - Spaziergänge durch die Jahrhunderte der Städte und Städchen. Piroda, Bratislava, 1994 (German version, ISBN 80-07-00531-5). | |||
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[[Category:Slovak Municipalities B]] | [[Category:Slovak Municipalities B]] | ||
[[Category:Banská Štiavnica]] | [[Category:Banská Štiavnica]] |
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