Kitzbühel

	KITZBÜHEL Country : Austria State : Tirol District : Kitzbühel Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":47.44669999999999987494447850622236728668212890625,"lon":12.3912999999999993150368027272634208202362060546875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The arms show an ibex on a mountain. The composition already appeared on the oldest seal of the city, known since 1362. The ibex probably is simply used as a common local animal typical for the mountainous area.

Image gallery

The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495)
The arms around 1500
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
Seal from around 1900
The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932
he arms on a stamp and FDC, 1971

Literature: Köfler, W. and Beimrohr, W. : Wappen der Tiroler Gemeinden. Innsbruck, 1995

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