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The arms show a tree charged with the figure of Our Lady bearing her Son in a golden mandorla. The tree is surrounded by praying folk. The charge is based on a local legend dealing with 1529, when the Turks first laid siege to Vienna. | The arms show a tree charged with the figure of Our Lady bearing her Son in a golden mandorla. The tree is surrounded by praying folk. The charge is based on a local legend dealing with 1529, when the Turks first laid siege to Vienna. | ||
The region is now part of the 13th municipal district bearing the same | The region is now part of the [[Wien#Wien_XIII|13th municipal district]] bearing the same name. | ||
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WIEN-HIETZING
State : Wien (Vienna)
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The arms show a tree charged with the figure of Our Lady bearing her Son in a golden mandorla. The tree is surrounded by praying folk. The charge is based on a local legend dealing with 1529, when the Turks first laid siege to Vienna.
The region is now part of the 13th municipal district bearing the same name.
The 13th municipal district arms on a postcard |
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Literature : Ströhl, 1902; Coffee Hag album, 1930s; http://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/bezirkswappen/