Weißkirchen an der Traun
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Austria - Österreichische Gemeindewappen |
WEISSKIRCHEN AN DER TRAUN
State : Oberösterreich
District : Wels-Land
Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted on March 18, 1985.
The white bars and the cross are canting, the W is the town's initial, the cross is canting for the Kirchen (=church) part of the name. The colour white (Weiss) is also canting. The four coins in the lower part of the arms symbolise the four different villages in the municipality : Grassing, Sinnersdorf, Weisskirchen and Weyerbach.
Literature : Baumert, H.E. : Oberösterreichische Gemeindewappen, Linz, 1996.