Zilupe (town)

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ZILUPE TOWN

Region : Latgale
Municipality : Zilupe

Official blazon
Latvian	Skaldīts ar zeltu un sarkanu, pāļa veidā dubultatslēga - no viena uz otru.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1938.

Only a small village Riucani or Rucani was there before 1900, called Rosenau in German, later Rosenhof. But workers of the Moscow-Ventspils railway established a town here. In 1931 city rights were granted, and the city was renamed to Zilupe, according to the name of the local river.

In 1938 the arms were granted: a key, symbolizing that Zilupe is the city at the state border.