Raahe

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RAAHE

Region : Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
Former province : until 2009 Oulu
Additions : 1973 Saloinen; 2003 Pattijoki; 2013 Vihanti

Raahe Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

Punaisessa kentässä alaisen aaltokoroisen hopeatyviön, josta nousee kultainen kummeli (merimerkki), yläpuolella ryntäävän hevosen selässä istuva haarniskoitu ratsumies, jolla oikeassa kädessään viirillä varustettu peitsi; kaikki muu hopeaa paitsi kypärän silmikko sekä viiri, suitset, satulaloimi ja kannukset kultaa.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 24, 1963.

The town was founded as Brahestad and the arms are based on those of Count Per Brahe who founded the city. They appear on the 17th century seals of the city.

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The seal from 1659
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The seal from 1673

In the middle of the 19th century B, Kene proposed some changes, by adding the provincial arms in the upper right corner and placing two anchors behind the shield. These were not adopted. Also the stone cairn as in the original and current arms, was misinterpreted as a beehive.

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The proposal by Kene
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Scetch by Kene
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The arms in 1892
Coat of arms (crest) of Raahe

The arms on a road sign

Literature: Pirinen, 1982


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