Grein
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Country : Austria State : Oberösterreich District : Perg |
German | (modern) In Silber zwischen fünf schwarzen Felsen auf blauen Wellen eine naturfarbene (gelbbraune) „Hohenauerin“; zwei an Gransel und Stoier (Bug und Heck) stehende Schiffleute in mittelalterlicher roter und grüner Kleidung rudern die Klobzille nach den Angaben des am Dach des Schiffes stehenden und mit ausgestreckten Armen zeigenden Naufergen durch die Stromhindernisse. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on January 2nd, 1468 by Duke Siegmund from Österreich-Tirol, who at the time owned the estate Werfenstein, to which the village belonged.
When Grein received town rights on August 21, 1491 the arms were confirmed. The arms simply show the dangers of shipping on the Donau (Danube) in the 15th century. Shipping was of great importance for the town. The arms show a wooden ship with three pilots manoeuvring between the rocks in the river.
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The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932
Literature : Baumert, H.E. : Oberösterreichische Gemeindewappen, Linz, 1996.
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