approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
4,300,101
edits
Mariastein (Tirol): Difference between revisions
m
Text replacement - "th century" to "<sup>th</sup> century"
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "{{at}}↵↵'''" to "'''") |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "th century" to "<sup>th</sup> century") |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
The arms were officially granted on February 10, 1955. | The arms were officially granted on February 10, 1955. | ||
Mariastein is a famous place of pilgimage for St. Mary, hence the image of Mary and Jesus on a throne. The two firesteels (Feuereisen or Schurfeisen) are canting symbols from the arms of the Schurff family. These lived in the local castle in the | Mariastein is a famous place of pilgimage for St. Mary, hence the image of Mary and Jesus on a throne. The two firesteels (Feuereisen or Schurfeisen) are canting symbols from the arms of the Schurff family. These lived in the local castle in the 16<sup>th</sup> century and heavily promoted the village as a pilgimage site, which started the development of the village. | ||
{{at}} | {{at}} | ||