Maribor

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MARIBOR

Coat of arms (crest) of Maribor
Official blazon
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The above arms were adopted on November 30, 1995.

The design of the arms dates from medieval times. Already on the 14th century seal of the city (see image below) the arms show a castle and a downward-ponted flying dove. The basic idea has not changed since, but during the centuries many different varaitions on the composition have been seen.

The dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit and was added in the seal around 1300 as a reference to the Cathedral devoted to St. John Baptist, erected in 1248. The Holy Spiit appeared when Jezus was baptised by St. John Baptist.

Seal of Maribor

Seal of Maribor from the 14th century
Wappen von Maribor/Coat of arms (crest) of Maribor

The arms in 1445
Arms (crest) of Maribor

The arms by Zacharias Bartsch (1567)
Arms (crest) of Maribor

The arms in 1568
Arms (crest) of Maribor

The arms by Widimsky (1864)
Arms (crest) of Maribor

The arms by Ströhl (1904)
Arms (crest) of Maribor

The arms in the Abadie albums
Arms (crest) of Maribor

The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932
Arms (crest) of Maribor

The arms by Kobel (1954)
Arms (crest) of Maribor

The arms as used in the 1980s

[Literature]] : Kobel und Pirchegger, 1954; Ströhl, 1904; Widimsky, 1864; new image from http://zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr; Bartsch, 1567.