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Canton : [[Sankt Gallen (canton)|Sankt Gallen]] | Canton : [[Sankt Gallen (canton)|Sankt Gallen]] | ||
[[File:altstatt.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:altstatt.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
In Gold schreitender, rot bewehrter schwarzer Bär, überhöht von 5 strahligem rotem Stern. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on May 26, 1946. | |||
The arms have been used since at least 1473, as they appear on a document from that year. The bear is taken from the arms of the St. Gallen Abbey and is the symbol of St. Gallus. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File: | |align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}z1.jpg|center|300 px|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal from 1404 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}z2.jpg|center|300 px|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal from the 16th (?) century | |||
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|} | |} | ||
Variations of the arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960: | |||
<gallery perrow=0> | |||
File:altstatten.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Altstätten | |||
File:altstatten1.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Altstätten | |||
File:altstatten2.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Altstätten | |||
File:altstatten5.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Altstätten | |||
File:altstatten6.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Altstätten | |||
File:altstatten8.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Altstätten | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Literature]] : Die Gemeindewappen des Kantons Sankt Gallen, 1947; St. Galler Wappenbuch, 1991 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Switzerland|'''Literature''']] : | ||
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{{media}} Die Gemeindewappen des Kantons Sankt Gallen, 1947; St. Galler Wappenbuch, 1991 | |||
[[Category:Swiss Municipalities A|Altstatten]] | |||
[[Category:Sankt Gallen|Altstatten]] | [[Category:Sankt Gallen|Altstatten]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1946]] | |||