Jihlava

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JIHLAVA

Province: Vysočina Kraj
District (Okres) : Jihlava

Official blazon
Czech (1900) Ein von Rot und Silber geviertelter Schild. In dem obren rechten, gleich wie in dem unteren linken Felde ein silberner, golden gekrönter und bewehrter wie auch bezungter, doppelt geschwänzter Löwe. In dem oberen linken, dann in dem unteren rechten Felde ein rother Igel.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 4, 1900.

The arms are a combination of the lion of Bohemia and a canting hedgehog; the old German name for the town is Iglau (Igel=hedgehog).

In the beginning of the 13th century Jihlava was promoted to the status of a mining town (by King Wenceslas II) and since 1249 it had been enjoying special town and mining rights. Most probably it it was at that time that the arms were designed. But the arms are only known as such since the 16th century.

The oldest seal from Jihlava (from Dřímal and Štarha, 1979)
The arms in 1406 (from Dřímal and Štarha, 1979)	The arms in 1900 (from Dřímal and Štarha, 1979)
Seal from around 1900.	Seal from around 1900.
The arms in the Abadie albums	The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1935
The arms by Jan Čaka (1977)