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Revision as of 06:47, 31 December 2022

Province: Karlovarský Kraj
District (Okres) : Cheb

Arms (crest) of Aš
Official blazon
Czech V modrém štítě tři stříbrní lipani pod sebou.
English No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms were registered on October 21, 2004.

The arms show three grayling (Thymallus thymallus), which are canting, as a greyling is an Asch in German and the historical German name of the city was Asch.

The oldest seal of the city from the 17th century showed three crossed graylings and this was used as city arms till the 19th century.

Wappen von Aš

The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)
Wappen von Aš

The arms in the Abadie albums
Arms (crest) of Aš

The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1935
Arms of Aš

The arms in an album from 1955

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Template:Cz1 Template:Media1 Image obtained from here.