Heinävesi

HEINÄVESI

Region : Etelä-Savo
Former province : 1997-2009 Itä-Suomi (until 1997 Mikkeli)

Official blazon

Vihreässä kentässä aaltokoroinen hopeinen vastapalkki, jossa alatusten kolme kultaisilla ketjuilla sidottua vihreätä tukkilauttaa; vastapalkin yläpuolella kultainen ruoriratas.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on March 19, 1959.

The arms show the importance of shipping for the village (wheel) as well as the timber rafts that run through the rivers and the lake in the municipality.

The arms on a road sign

The arms on the town hall

Literature: Pirinen, 1982

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