Knittelfeld

	KNITTELFELD Country : Austria State : Steiermark District : Murtal (until 2015 Knittelfeld) Additions: 2015 Apfelberg 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":47.2139499999999969759301166050136089324951171875,"lon":14.830130000000000478621586808003485202789306640625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	(1954) In einem roten Schilde erscheinen freischwebend drei waagrecht übereinander liegende, je dreimal oben und unten nach rechts gestümmelte silberne Knüttel. (2015) In rotem Schild drei waagrecht übereinander liegende, je dreimal oben und unten nach rechts gestümmelte silberne Knüttel.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on November 30, 1954 and again on November 1, 2015.

The arms are canting, showing three Knüttel (coshes or ragged staffs), and have been used since the 13^th century. The name Knittelfeld is usually considered a Rodungsname, a "clearing name" of the Middle Ages. The city was formally founded in the 13^th century.

Image gallery

The arms in 1445
The arms by Zacharias Bartsch (1567)
Seal from ? (between 17th and 20th centuries)
The arms in a 16^th century manuscript
The arms around 1600
The arms by Widimsky, 1864
Seal from around 1900
The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms on a medal

Literature: Image provided by Karl Palfrader, MStLA 12 (1962), p. 32; Bartsch (1567)

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