Hämeenlinna
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HÄMEENLINNA
Region : Kanta-Häme
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi (until 1997 Häme)
Additions : 1948 Hämeenlinnan mlk; 1967 Vanaja; 2009 Hauho, Kalvola, Lammi, Renko, Tuulos
Official blazon
Punaisessa kentässä alareunaltaan aaltokoroinen, kilven reunasta toiseen ulottuva muuri, josta nousee kaksi jyrkkäkattoista tornia ja näiden välissä rakennus; kaikki hopeaa, ikkuna-aukot ovat mustat ja linnan yläpuolella saatteena kultaiset auringonkasvot.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on September 21, 1956.
The arms are based on the seal of the city from the 17th century. The castle depicts the local castle, built in the 13th century, around which the town grew.
Until 1956 the city used the arms below:
 The arms on cover from 1989 |
In the 19th century a proposal was made for the arms of the city, based on the general style of the Russian Empire at the time, showing the provincial arms in a canton.
 19th century proposal. |
 The arms on a road sign |
 The arms on the town hall |
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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p. Old arms from K.O.Lindeqvist: Hämeenlinnan kaupungin historia, II osa, Kaupungin historia Ruotsin vallan aikana, Karisto, Hämeenlinna 1926.
