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The arms were granted on October 31, 1947. | The arms were granted on October 31, 1947. | ||
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Austria - Österreichische Gemeindewappen |
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HARTBERG
State : Steiermark
District : Hartberg
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on October 31, 1947.
St. Martin is the patron saint of Hartberg. The arms show him meeting the beggar, for whom he divided his own coat afterwards.
The city was founded in the Middle Ages to protect the road over the Wechsel mountain pass, which links (or separates) Lower Austria and Styria, and also the Eastern border of Styria.
The arms also contain the Austrian arms, Gules, a Fess Argent. This symbolises the importance of the pass road between Styria and (Lower) Austria. These states were independent countries in the Middle Ages.
 The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932 |
Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 12 (1962), p. 28