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AXAMS

State : Tirol
District : Innsbruck-Land

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 22, 1974.

The flax flower in the base symbolises the formerly important flax culture in the region. The point is a canting element, the name is of Celtic origin and probably means 'place on high lands'.