Lempäälä

LEMPÄÄLÄ

Region: Pirkanmaa
Former province: 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Häme)

Official blazon

Punaisessa kentässä aaltokoroinen kultapaalu, jonka pääliikkeenä on musta, viritetty jalkajousi mustakärkisine kultanuolineen; tyvessä paalun kummallakin puolella saatteena kultainen aurankärki.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on March 7, 1950.

The pale symbolises the waterways, the crossbow the hunting expeditions in ancient times and the plowshares symbolise the agricultural character of the municipality.

The arms on a road sign

The arms on the town hall

Literature: Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.

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