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'''Country''' : Austria [[File:Austria.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Vorarlberg]][[File:Vorarlberg.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''District ''' : Dornbirn | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| In einem ovalen, roten, von einem silbernen Querbalken durchzogenen Schilde ein grüner befruchteter Birnbaum, aus grünem Boden erwachsend. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on September 23, 1655, February 28, 1902 and finally on February 1, 1929. | The arms were officially granted on September 23, 1655, February 28, 1902 and finally on February 1, 1929. | ||
The original arms of the village probably showed a canting thorn (Dorn) bush. In 1655 this was replaced by a pear (Birn) tree with pears. The background shows the Austrian arms and was probably chosen to state that the town belonged to Austria as the neighbouring [[County of Hohenembs]] tried several times to acquire Dornbirn. | The original arms of the village probably showed a canting thorn (Dorn) bush. In 1655 this was replaced by a pear (Birn) tree with pears. The background shows the Austrian arms and was probably chosen to state that the town belonged to Austria as the neighbouring [[County of Hohenembs]] tried several times to acquire Dornbirn. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:126b.wsa.jpg|alt=Wappen von Dornbirn/Arms (crest) of Dornbirn|The arms in an [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|album]] from around 1905 | ||
File:dornbirn.hagat.jpg|alt=Wappen von Dornbirn/Arms (crest) of Dornbirn|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag : Die Wappen der Republik Oesterreich|Coffee Hag album]] +/- 1932 | |||
File:0592.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Dornbirn/Arms (crest) of Dornbirn|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
File:Dornbirnp.jpg|alt=Wappen von Dornbirn/Arms (crest) of Dornbirn|Special postal cancellation 1976 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Austria|Literature]] : Burmeister, 1975 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Austrian Municipalities D]] | [[Category:Austrian Municipalities D]] | ||