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SANKT MARGARETHEN BEI KNITTELFELD
State : Steiermark
District : Murtal (until 2015 Knittelfeld)
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Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on February 11, 1980.
The arms are composed of symbols for old ironworks (hammers) and rafting (oars). The dragon is an attribute of St. Margaret, patron saint of the local church.
To medieval Christians, the dragon and the devil were interchangeable. The dragon is chained, because of the old prayer: Margareth, bind den Drachen an, daß er uns nicht schaden kann (Margaret, chain the dragon so that no harm comes to us). As the Middle Ages were very dangerous and the devil never sleeps, St. Margaret was a very popular protector when Austria was cut out of wilderness.
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Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 31 (1981), p. 36