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The original symbol for the city, dating from the early 14<sup>th</sup> century, was a wheel with the head of Jesus in the middle. Between the spokes the Greek letters alpha and omega, a star and a crescent were placed. The smaller symbols disappear in the early 15<sup>th</sup> century and from 1420 onwards only the wheel is used. The wheel has no special meaning, but the spokes form the letters I and X, Greek for Jesus Christ. | The original symbol for the city, dating from the early 14<sup>th</sup> century, was a wheel with the head of Jesus in the middle. Between the spokes the Greek letters alpha and omega, a star and a crescent were placed. The smaller symbols disappear in the early 15<sup>th</sup> century and from 1420 onwards only the wheel is used. The wheel has no special meaning, but the spokes form the letters I and X, Greek for Jesus Christ. | ||
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File:trnava.hagcs.jpg|alt=Trnava (Erb, znak)/Arms (crest) of Trnava|The arms in the [[Znaky Republiky Československé|Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | File:trnava.hagcs.jpg|alt=Trnava (Erb, znak)/Arms (crest) of Trnava|The arms in the [[Znaky Republiky Československé|Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | ||
File:1974.aba.jpg|alt=Trnava (Erb, znak)/Arms (crest) of Trnava|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | File:1974.aba.jpg|alt=Trnava (Erb, znak)/Arms (crest) of Trnava|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | ||
File:Trnava.skpc.jpg|alt=Trnava (Erb, znak)/Arms (crest) of Trnava|The arms on a stamp and postcard | File:Trnava.skpc.jpg|alt=Trnava (Erb, znak)/Arms (crest) of Trnava|The arms on a stamp and postcard | ||
File: | File:Trnavap1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Trnava|Postal cancellation | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:20, 3 September 2023
Country : Slovakia Province : Trnava District (okres) :
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Slovak | V modrom štíte zlaté šesťspicové koleso. |
English | Azure, a wheel with six spokes Or. |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially registered in 1991.
The original symbol for the city, dating from the early 14th century, was a wheel with the head of Jesus in the middle. Between the spokes the Greek letters alpha and omega, a star and a crescent were placed. The smaller symbols disappear in the early 15th century and from 1420 onwards only the wheel is used. The wheel has no special meaning, but the spokes form the letters I and X, Greek for Jesus Christ.
Image gallery
The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms in the Abadie albums
Literature : Kartous et al, 1991; Slowakei - Spaziergnge durch die Jahrhunderte der Stdte und Stdchen. Piroda, Bratislava, 1994 (German version, ISBN 80-07-00531-5); Kartous and Vrteľ , 2000
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