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'''RAGNITZ'''
'''RAGNITZ'''


State : [[Steiermark]]<br>
State : [[Steiermark]]<br>
District : Leibnitz
District :Leibnitz


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


====Official blazon====
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|'''German'''
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|'''English'''
| blazon wanted
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====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on December 2, 1991.
The arms were granted on December 2, 1991.


The name of Ragnitz is derived from a Slav word "raka", meaning crayfish. So a crayfish takes the most prominent place in the arms. The three ornamented locks symbolise the three municipalities united in 1968 to form Ragnitz municipality and three local castles (in German, Schloss can mean "lock" and "castle"). The three water lily leaves in the base are the arms of the lords of Wildon, a family very important in the Middle Ages. They owned land in the region.
The name of Ragnitz is derived from a Slav word "raka", meaning crayfish. So a crayfish takes the most prominent place in the arms. The three ornamented locks symbolise the three municipalities united in 1968 to form Ragnitz municipality and three local castles (in German, Schloss can mean "lock" and "castle"). The three water lily leaves in the base are the arms of the lords of Wildon, a family very important in the Middle Ages. They owned land in the region.


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[[Literature]] : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 42/43 (1993), p. 54
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Austria|Literature]] :Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 42/43 (1993), p. 54
   
   
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Latest revision as of 06:21, 13 August 2024

RAGNITZ

State : Steiermark
District :Leibnitz

Wappen von Ragnitz/Arms (crest) of Ragnitz
Official blazon
German blazon wanted
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 2, 1991.

The name of Ragnitz is derived from a Slav word "raka", meaning crayfish. So a crayfish takes the most prominent place in the arms. The three ornamented locks symbolise the three municipalities united in 1968 to form Ragnitz municipality and three local castles (in German, Schloss can mean "lock" and "castle"). The three water lily leaves in the base are the arms of the lords of Wildon, a family very important in the Middle Ages. They owned land in the region.


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Literature :Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 42/43 (1993), p. 54