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'''VORAU''' | '''VORAU''' | ||
State : [[Steiermark]]<br> | State : [[Steiermark]]<br> | ||
District : Hartberg-Fürstenfeld (until 2015 Hartberg)<br> | District : Hartberg-Fürstenfeld (until 2015 Hartberg)<br> | ||
Additions : 2015 [[Puchegg]], [[Riegersberg]], [[ | Additions : 2015 [[Puchegg]], [[Riegersberg]], [[Schachen bei Vorau]], [[Vornholz]] | ||
[[File:vorau.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:vorau.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
*(2016) In blauem Schild im Schildfuß eine schwarzgefugte silberne Zinnenmauer, überragt von einem achteckigen viergeschoßigen silbernen Turm mit rotem Schirmdach und goldenem Knauf; der Turm von je einer goldenen Lilie beseitet, die Mauer mit einer goldenen Lilie belegt. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
Possibly, the arms of the borough were granted at one time, but there is no grant on record. | Possibly, the arms of the borough were granted at one time, but there is no grant on record. They were officially granted after the merger in 2014, on April 10, 2016. | ||
Like Admont, Seckau, Stainz and St. Lambrecht, Vorau is a market borough near a great monastery, that of the Canons Regular at Vorau in Eastern Styria. The three fleur-de-lis are the symbol of St.Mary patron saint of the monastery. The monastery itself uses other arms. | Like Admont, Seckau, Stainz and St. Lambrecht, Vorau is a market borough near a great monastery, that of the Canons Regular at Vorau in Eastern Styria. The three fleur-de-lis are the symbol of St.Mary patron saint of the monastery. The monastery itself uses other arms. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:vorau.hagat.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag : Die Wappen der Republik Oesterreich|Coffee Hag album]] +/- 1932 | |align="center"|[[File:vorau.hagat.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag : Die Wappen der Republik Oesterreich|Coffee Hag album]] +/- 1932 | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at) | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Austria|Literature]] : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at) | ||
[[Category:Austrian Municipalities V]] | [[Category:Austrian Municipalities V]] | ||
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[[Category:Hartberg]] | [[Category:Hartberg]] | ||
[[Category:Hartberg-Fürstenfeld]] | [[Category:Hartberg-Fürstenfeld]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 2016]] | |||