Saalfelden

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Civic heraldry of Austria - Österreichische Gemeindewappen
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SAALFELDEN AM STEINERNEN MEER

State : Salzburg
District : Zell am See

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Origin/meaning :
The arms were officially granted on April 3, 1928.

The arms show a hill with three poplar (?) trees. The meaning of the arms is not known. The arms appear for the first time in a roll of arms in 1620 and may have been granted in 1516 when the town got market rights.

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The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932

Literature : Zaisberger, F. and Pfeiffer, N. : Salzburger Gemeindewappen. Winter Verlag, Salzburg, 1985