Limberg bei Wies

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LIMBERG BEI WIES

State : Steiermark
District : Deutschlandsberg
Incorporated into : 2015 Wies

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 6, 1977.

Limberg is a corruption of Lindenberg, hence the linden leafs and the mountain in the arms.

The chapel is dedicated to St Barbara and was a built by the miners (in Styria, we usually call them "Bergknappen") of the coal-mine Steyeregg (now closed down).