Mittersill

MITTERSILL

State : Salzburg
District : Zell am See

Official blazon

Ein von Weiß und Rot geteilter Schild, in dessen oberer Hälfte eine schwarze Gämse aus der Teilungslinie wachsend hervorwächst.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on August 2, 1930.

The arms show a chamois rising from a red lower half. The arms are those of the Counts of Mittersill, who lived in the village as vassals of the Dukes of Bavaria until 1228, when the village became a possession of the Archbishops of Salzburg.

The arms of the Counts of Mittersill (Siebmachers Wappenbuch)	The arms by Widimsky, 1864
The arms by Ströhl, 1902	The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932
The arms in the Abadie albums

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