Wien-Laurenzigrund

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WIEN-LAURENZIGRUND

State : Wien (Vienna)

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Origin/meaning

The arms show a grill, the traditional attribute of St Lawrence. The community's name derives from the union of St Magdalene's nunnery with the local nunnery of St Lawrence in 1533.

Literature : Ströhl, 1902; Coffee Hag album, 1930s; http://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/bezirkswappen/