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'''Country''' : Austria [[File:Austria.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Vorarlberg]][[File:Vorarlberg.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''District ''' : Bregenz | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| Ein Schild von Kürsch, der von einem silbernen Pfahle durchzogen wird, in dem drei Hermelinschwänzchen übereinander erscheinen. | |||
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Ein Schild von Kürsch, der von einem silbernen Pfahle durchzogen wird, in dem drei Hermelinschwänzchen übereinander erscheinen. | |'''English''' | ||
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[[File:bregenz2.jpg|center|Wappen von Bregenz]] | [[File:bregenz2.jpg|center|Wappen von Bregenz]] | ||
The arms are based on the arms of the medieval Counts of Bregenz, who became extinct already in the 12<sup>th</sup> century. The choice of ermine indicated the importance of the counts at the time. | The arms are based on the arms of the medieval Counts of Bregenz, who became extinct already in the 12<sup>th</sup> century. The choice of ermine indicated the importance of the counts at the time. See also the use of the arms as the [[County of Bregenz|County Bregenz]] as used by the Austrian Emperor. | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:bregenz5.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bregenz/Arms (crest) of Bregenz|The arms by Hugo Ströhl (1893) | |||
File:bregenzz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bregenz/Arms (crest) of Bregenz|The seal from around 1900 | |||
File:bregenz.hagat.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bregenz/Arms (crest) of Bregenz|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag : Die Wappen der Republik Oesterreich|Coffee Hag album]] +/- 1932 | |||
File:0590.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bregenz/Arms (crest) of Bregenz|The arms in the [[Abadie]]-albums | |||
File:Bregenzc1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bregenz/Arms (crest) of Bregenz|The arms on a medal from 1977 | |||
File:Bregenzp.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bregenz/Arms (crest) of Bregenz|Special postal cancellation 1985 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Austria|Literature]] : Burmeister, 1975 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Austrian Municipalities B]] | [[Category:Austrian Municipalities B]] | ||
[[Category:Vorarlberg]] | |||
[[Category:Bregenz]] | [[Category:Bregenz]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1529]] | [[Category:Granted 1529]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1930]] | [[Category:Granted 1930]] |
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