Schnifis

	SCHNIFIS Country : Austria State : Vorarlberg District : Feldkirch Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":47.2135999999999995679900166578590869903564453125,"lon":9.727199999999999846522769075818359851837158203125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Gold unten ein blauer Schild belegt mit silbernem Jagdhorn mit Beschlägen und Schnur in Gold, darüber die wachsende Figur des Laurentius von Schnifis in schwarzer Kutte, in der Rechten eine silberne Schalmei, in der Linken ein silbernes Buch.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 24, 1970.

The arms show the local monk Laurentius von Schnifis (born as Johann Marte, 1633), a famous poet at his time. The small shield shows the arms of the Jagdberg Estate to which the area historically belonged.

Literature : Burmeister, 1975