Banská Belá

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BANSKÁ BELÁ

Province : Banská Bystrica
District (okres) : Banská Štiavnica

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were registered on June 11, 1997.

The arms are based on the arms mentioned for the city in a roll of arms from 1563. The tools in the upper part indicate that the city is historically a mining city. They are also canting, Baňa means mine. The meaning of the arms in the base is not known,l neither is it known when these were added.

The arms by Jan Čaka (1986)

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