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State : [[Steiermark]]<br> | State : [[Steiermark]]<br> | ||
District : Deutschlandsberg | District : Deutschlandsberg<br> | ||
Additions : 2015 [[Limberg bei Wies]], [[Wernersdorf (Steiermark)|Wernersdorf]], [[Wielfresen]] | |||
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Revision as of 11:55, 31 December 2014
WIES
State : Steiermark
District : Deutschlandsberg
Additions : 2015 Limberg bei Wies, Wernersdorf, Wielfresen
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on July 21, 1922.
The arms contain references to Styria (panther), the Faith (church), industry and mining (the coal mines at Wies were very important after World War I, when most of Austria was freezing and starving) and agriculture (sickle).
Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 13 (1963), p. 87