Gschnitz

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GSCHNITZ

State : Tirol
District : Innsbruck-Land

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 10, 1984.

The bar symbolises the roof-patterns of the farms in the municipality that belonged directly to the Counts of Tirol. Originally mentioned as 9 farms in 1288, but later in the 18th century all farms wer eowned by the counts.

Literature : Köfler and Beimrohr, 1995