Knittelfeld
KNITTELFELD
State : Steiermark
District : Murtal (until 2015 Knittelfeld)
Additions : 2015 Apfelberg
Official blazon
- (1954) In einem roten Schilde erscheinen freischwebend drei waagrecht übereinander liegende, je dreimal oben und unten nach rechts gestümmelte silberne Knüttel.
- (2015) In rotem Schild drei waagrecht übereinander liegende, je dreimal oben und unten nach rechts gestümmelte silberne Knüttel.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on November 30, 1954 and again on November 1, 2015.
The arms are canting, showing three Knüttel (coshes or ragged staffs), and have been used since the 13th century. The name Knittelfeld is usually considered a Rodungsname, a "clearing name" of the Middle Ages. The city was formally founded in the 13th century.
 The arms by Zacharias Bartsch (1567) |
 The arms by Widimsky, 1864 |
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932 |
 The arms in the Abadie albums |
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Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader, MStLA 12 (1962), p. 32; Bartsch (1567)
