Mellach

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MELLACH

State : Steiermark
District : Graz-Umgebung
Incorporated into : 2015 Fernitz-Mellach

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on July 4, 1983.

The arms are composed of the arms of former landowners (fess embattled, battle-axes) with one exception. The staff is the symbol of St James, the Apostle. A church has been dedicated to him from the 13^th century on at Enzelsdorf.