Lahti

LAHTI

Region : Päijät-Häme
Former province : Häme

Official blazon

(1912) Hopeanvärisessä kilvessä musta rautatienpyörä, kussakin 7 puolapuuta, joista jokaisesta lähtee punainen kultasydäminen tulenlieska. Pyörän navasta lähtee jokaisesta puolapuiden välistä punainen säde.
(1955) Hopeakentässä musta pyörä , jonka kustakin puolapuusta lähtee punainen liekki.
(1968) Hopeakentässä musta, seitsenpuolainen rautatievaunun pyörä; pyörän kehältä nousee jokaisen puolapuun kohdalta punainen liekki.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on May 14, 1968.

The arms show a wheel, as a symbol for the railway. The railway brought prosperity to the town and turned the local village in a large city. The arms were first granted on Ovtober 7, 1912 and confirmed on October 21, 1955 and in 1968.

Lahti became a city in 1905 and new arms were to be designed for the new city. Already in 1904 arms with a melusine were designed, which in 1912 were reduced to a mermaid. These were never adopted by the city, but later by the Päijät-HämeRegion. At the same time, in 1910 arms which showed industry, railroads and agriculture (beehive) were proposed.

Finally in 1912 these latter arms were 'reduced' to a single wheel, which is still in use. These arms also had a crown, which was abolished in 1955.