Bruntál

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BRUNTÁL

Province: Moravskoslezský Kraj
District (Okres) : Bruntál

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

In 1213 King Premysl Otakar I granted the first privileges to the mining settlement founded near the gold mines. The arms with a miner also appear in the 13th century. During the years the actual composition has changed a lot, the current design (blue shield, black clothes) dates from the 17th century.

Seal from around 1900.	The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1935	The arms by Jan Čaka (1979)

Literature: Image obtained from here