Stainztal

STAINZTAL

State : Steiermark
District : Deutschlandsberg
Additions : 1969 Grafendorf bei Stainz, Graggerer, Mettersdorf, Neudorf bei Stainz, Wetzelsdorf
Incorporated into : 2015 Stainz

Official blazon

(de) Ein von Blau und Rot durch ein goldenes fossiles Schneckengehäuse mit nach links unten zeigendem Schnabel schräg-rechts geteilter Schild. Rechts oben drei, links unten zwei goldene Lilien.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on March 7, 2005.

The arms show a fossil snail from the genus Tibia (Rostellaria). The fossils are approximately 16 million years old and were found in 1899 in several places in the Stainztal municipality. The golden colour refers to the colour of the fossils, the blue to the prehistoric sea.

The Tibia „Rostellaria“ dentata in the Landesmuseum Steiermark
on which the arms are based

The five fleur-de-lis represent the five villages and former municipalities in Stainztal. The fleur-de-lis is also the symbol of St. Mary, who is also the patron saint of the largest church in the municipality, the church in Mettersdorf.