Lemu

LEMU

Region: Varsinais-Suomi
Former province: Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Turku and Pori)
Incorporated into: 2009 Masku

Official blazon

Punaisessa kentässä alainen nelipuolainen pyörä, josta nousee apilaristi; kaikki hopeaa

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on October 11, 1966.

The wheel refers to a local legend. When the villagers wanted to move their old wooden church, one of the carts with the new wood derailed. The villages thus decided to built the new church on that spot. Hence the combination of a wheel and a cross.

The clover leaves on the cross symbolise the agricultural character of the village.

The arms on a road sign

The arms on the town hall

Literature: Pirinen, 1982

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