Matrei am Brenner: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (Text replacement - "Literature" to "Literature")
m (Text replacement - "====Origin/meaning====" to "===Origin/meaning===")
Line 10: Line 10:
====Official blazon====
====Official blazon====


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms date from the 16th century and probably were meant to be canting, Ei, meaning egg and Drei meaning three. Whether this is true is no longer known, but the eggs appeared on the 16th century seals of the town and on the arms thereafter.
The arms date from the 16th century and probably were meant to be canting, Ei, meaning egg and Drei meaning three. Whether this is true is no longer known, but the eggs appeared on the 16th century seals of the town and on the arms thereafter.