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St. Oswald is a patron saint of miners. One of his attributes is a jar of ointment, another a banner of the arms of England (Oswald was a prince of one of the seven Saxon kingdoms in today's England). So the jar of ointment and a leopard (for England) were put into the arms along with the Möderbrücke, a bridge documented since the Middle Ages. | St. Oswald is a patron saint of miners. One of his attributes is a jar of ointment, another a banner of the arms of England (Oswald was a prince of one of the seven Saxon kingdoms in today's England). So the jar of ointment and a leopard (for England) were put into the arms along with the Möderbrücke, a bridge documented since the Middle Ages. | ||
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[[Literature]] : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 47 (1997), p. 41 | [[Literature]] : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 47 (1997), p. 41 | ||
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SANKT OSWALD-MÖDERBRUGG
State : Steiermark
District : Judenburg
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on June 13th, 1994.
St. Oswald is a patron saint of miners. One of his attributes is a jar of ointment, another a banner of the arms of England (Oswald was a prince of one of the seven Saxon kingdoms in today's England). So the jar of ointment and a leopard (for England) were put into the arms along with the Möderbrücke, a bridge documented since the Middle Ages.
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Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 47 (1997), p. 41