Hall in Tirol

HALL IN TIROL

State: Tirol
District: Innsbruck-Land

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The salt barrel in the arms appears already on the oldest seal of the city, dating from 1316. The barrel symbolises the importance of salt mining in the area.

The lions were granted on August 22, 1501 by King Maximilian I. The meaning of the lions is not clear.

The arms in a 16^th century manuscript	Seal from around 1900
The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932

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