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'''Country''' : Austria [[File:Austria.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Steiermark]][[File:Steierma.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District ''' : Leoben | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| Auf rotem Grund einen weißen Vogel Strauß mit je einem Hufeisen in Schnabel und Klaue. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
Leoben is to this day the most important Styrian mining town, seat of a renowned Montanuniversität (an university specialized in mining, metallurgy, oil-drilling and related sciences). | Leoben is to this day the most important Styrian mining town, seat of a renowned Montanuniversität (an university specialized in mining, metallurgy, oil-drilling and related sciences). | ||
According to medieval science, the ostrich ate and digested iron which it needed to survive. The ostrich thus was an appropriate symbol for the city. The arms have been used since the late 13<sup>th</sup> century. | According to medieval science, the ostrich ate and digested iron which it needed to survive. The ostrich thus was an appropriate symbol for the city. The arms have been used since the late 13<sup>th</sup> century. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:leoben2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Leoben/Arms (crest) of Leoben|The arms by Zacharias Bartsch (1567) | ||
File:Leoben16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Leoben/Arms (crest) of Leoben|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:leobenz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Leoben/Arms (crest) of Leoben|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:404b.wsa.jpg|alt=Wappen von Leoben/Arms (crest) of Leoben|The arms in an [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|album]] from around 1905 | |||
File:0559.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Leoben/Arms (crest) of Leoben|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
File:22-48.kur.jpg|alt=Wappen von Leoben/Arms (crest) of Leoben|The arms in the [[Kurmark Wappenschau]] album from 1929 | |||
File:leoben.hagat.jpg|alt=Wappen von Leoben/Arms (crest) of Leoben|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag : Die Wappen der Republik Oesterreich|Coffee Hag album]] +/- 1932 | |||
File:leoben1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Leoben/Arms (crest) of Leoben|The arms on the city hall | |||
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[[Literature]] : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), Kobel, p. 100f | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Austria|Literature]] : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), Kobel, p. 100f ; Bartsch (1567) | ||
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[[Category:Austrian Municipalities L]] | [[Category:Austrian Municipalities L]] | ||
[[Category:Steiermark]] | [[Category:Steiermark]] | ||
[[Category:Leoben]] | [[Category:Leoben]] | ||