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In the vicinity of silver ore mines a new miners' community was established which developed rapidly and in 1318 it was granted first rights of a royal mining town by King John of Luxemburg. In 1392 King Wenceslas IV awarded the town its arms. | |||
The crowned Bohemian lion indicates that the town belongs to the Bohemian kingdom while the rising black eagle is meant to represent the authority of the Roman Empire; the crossed mining hammers held by the lion and the eagle and the King's crown express the status of a royal mining town. The Hussite chalice was added to the coat-of arms during the reign of King George of Podebrady. | |||
The arms were also sometimes shown held by two miners in medieval frocks. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:kutnahora.hagcs.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Znaky Republiky Ceskoslovenské|Coffee Hag album]] +/- 1935 | |align="center"|[[File:kutnahora.hagcs.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Znaky Republiky Ceskoslovenské|Coffee Hag album]] +/- 1935 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:1601.aba.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:kutnahoracaka.jpg|center|400 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] The arms by Jan Čaka (1977) | |||
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