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BANSKÁ BYSTRICA

Province : Banská Bystrica
District (okres) : Banská Bystrica

Official blazon
Slovak	Sedemkrát strieborno-červeno delený štít.
English	Barry of eight, Argent and Gules.

Origin/meaning

The origin or meaning of these arms is not very clear. The arms date from the latter half of the 13^th century and are most likely derived from the arms of the Arpad dynasty, who became extinct in 1301.

The arms around 1500
The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms by Jan Čaka (1979)

Literature: Kartous et al, 1991; Slowakei - Spaziergänge durch die Jahrhunderte der Städte und Städchen. Piroda, Bratislava, 1994 (German version, ISBN 80-07-00531-5).

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