Unterlamm

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UNTERLAMM

State : Steiermark
District : Feldbach

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on April 18, 1994.

The basic design of the arms is based on two facts. First the two villages of Ober- and Unterlamm (Upper- and Lower-lamm), and the fact that the name is derived from a slavic word for landslide or depression. The landslide is symbolised by the division line, the two villages by the golden segments.

The staff is a lily-sceptre and is the symbol of St. Mary, patron saint of the parish.

The colours are a combination of the imperial colours gold and black, as the area historically was part of the Holy Roman Empire, and the green colour of the State of Steiermark.

Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at); Background from Heimatbuch der Gemeinde Unterlamm, 2000.