Tammisaari

	EKENÄS TAMMISAARI Country : Finland Region : Uusimaa Historical province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi until 1997 Uusimaa Additions: 1977 Snappertuna (partly) 1977 Tammisaaren maalaiskunta 1993 Tenhola 1977 Bromarv Incorporated into: 2009 Raasepori 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":59.97440000000000281943357549607753753662109375,"lon":23.433800000000001517719283583573997020721435546875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Finnish	Hopeakentässä vihreä tammi, jonka terhot punaiset.
Swedish	I fält av silver en grön ek med röda ekollon.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 14, 1952.

The arms are canting, showing an oak tree (ek in Swedish), the name means oak-peninsula. The oak already appeared on the 16^th century seals of the city.

Image gallery

Seal from around 1900
The arms on a road sign
Postal cancellation

Literature:Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.

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