Hämeenkoski

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HÄMENKOSKI

Region : Päijät-Häme
Former province : Häme

Hämeenkoski Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

Punaisessa kilvessä kaksi hopeapalkkia, joissa kummassakin kaksi mustaa kaateista polviortta; palkkien välissä kolme hopeista palkeittaista api­ lanlehteä.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on April 1, 1952.

The two bends symbolise the use of dams to produce hydro-electric power in the local waterfalls (koski=waterfall). The trefoils symbolise the agricultural character of the municipality.

Arms of Hämeenkoski

The arms on a road sign

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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.