Limberg bei Wies
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Austria - Österreichische Gemeindewappen |
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LIMBERG BEI WIES
State : Steiermark
District : Deutschlandsberg
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on June 6, 1977.
Limberg is a corruption of Lindenberg, hence the linden leafs and the mountain in the arms.
The chapel is dedicated to St Barbara and was a built by the miners (in Styria, we usually call them "Bergknappen") of the coal-mine Steyeregg (now closed down).
Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 28 (1978), 29