Trnava

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Official blazon
Slovak	V modrom štíte zlaté šesťspicové koleso.
English	Azure, a wheel with six spokes Or.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially registered in 1991.

The original symbol for the city, dating from the early 14^th century, was a wheel with the head of Jesus in the middle. Between the spokes the Greek letters alpha and omega, a star and a crescent were placed. The smaller symbols disappear in the early 15^th century and from 1420 onwards only the wheel is used. The wheel has no special meaning, but the spokes form the letters I and X, Greek for Jesus Christ.

The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms on a stamp and postcard

Literature : Kartous et al, 1991; Slowakei - Spaziergnge durch die Jahrhunderte der Stdte und Stdchen. Piroda, Bratislava, 1994 (German version, ISBN 80-07-00531-5); Kartous and Vrteľ , 2000