Sankt Kathrein am Hauenstein

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SANKT KATHREIN AM HAUENSTEIN

State : Steiermark
District : Weiz

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on 12 July, 1976.

The arms are canting. The miner is working at the stone ("haut den Stein"), the broken St. Catherine's wheel is there for the patron-saint of the village. Mining is traditionally important in the region.


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Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 27 (1977), p. 30