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The arms show the attributes of St John Nepomuk, the saint's red tongue within a halo and five five-pointed stars. St John Nepomuk is the patron saint of bridges, the name Zwischen brücken (Between the bridges) referring to a settlement on an island between the main and a side arm of the Danube that came to lie "between the bridges" once the first bridges were built from Vienna proper to the left bank of the Danube. | The arms show the attributes of St John Nepomuk, the saint's red tongue within a halo and five five-pointed stars. St John Nepomuk is the patron saint of bridges, the name Zwischen brücken (Between the bridges) referring to a settlement on an island between the main and a side arm of the Danube that came to lie "between the bridges" once the first bridges were built from Vienna proper to the left bank of the Danube. | ||
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[[Literature]] : Ströhl, 1902; [[Kaffee Hag : Die Wappen der Republik Oesterreich|Coffee Hag album]], 1930s; [http://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/bezirkswappen/ http://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/bezirkswappen/] | [[Literature]] : Ströhl, 1902; [[Kaffee Hag : Die Wappen der Republik Oesterreich|Coffee Hag album]], 1930s; [http://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/bezirkswappen/ http://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/bezirkswappen/] | ||