Kurtinig

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KURTINIG - CORTINA

Region: Trentino-Alto Adige
Province : Bolzano

Official blazon

(de) Ober einer zinnenbekrönten silbernen Mauer mit geschlossenem Rundbogentor in rotem Feld die rechte Hälfte eines achtzackigen silbernen Sterns, dessen halbierte Zacken von den Enden einer silbernen Mondsichel berührt werden. SchildfuB blau.
(it) Di rosso alla muraglia d'argento terrazzata d'azzurro merlata alla guelfa ed aperta di nero, sormontata da mezza stella di argento a otto punte, sinistrata dal crescente dello stesso accollato alle punte dimezzate della stella.

Origin/meaning

The arms are granted on January 10, 1968.

The arms show the wall built against the flooding of the Etsch river. The upper part is derived from the arms of Eppan, as the village belonged to the Lords of Eppan.