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Voitsberg, Styria (Austria)

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[Voitsberg]  [Voitsberg] image by M. Schmöger, 21 April 2014

Name of municipality: Voitsberg
Status: Stadtgemeinde
Land (state): Steiermark (Styria)
Bezirk (district): Voitsberg
   
Description of arms (German): Im roten Schilde zwei silberne, gequaderte und gezinnte Rundtürme mit je vier (2:2 gestellten) Rundbogenfenstern, auf einem grünen, mit drei goldenen Ähren belegten Dreiberg stehend.
Blazoning of arms (English): Gules, two round towers Argent masoned and embattled, each with four (2:2) round-arched windows, standing on a triple-mount Vert charged with three ears Or.
Adoption date of arms: used traditionally without grant, based on a seal first attested 1292
 
Description of flag: three stripes, red-yellow-green, with arms
Flag used since: ?
Sources: Sources for the arms:
[1] [wdy64]
[2] [stl04]
[3] [k4p54]
[4] [ksj56]
[5] http://www.voitsberg.at/index.php?id=61
[6] http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Voitsberg

Sources for the flag: flag photos at
http://home.bhak-voitsberg.ac.at/sweb/bvb/images/DSCN4272.jpg
http://home.bhak-voitsberg.ac.at/sweb/bvb/images/DSCN4277.jpg
http://www.mooskirchen.at/typo3temp/pics/2870b7c539.jpg

flag photos in
Lasnik, E (2012) Voitsberg - Porträt einer Stadt und ihrer Umgebung, Band 2. Voitsberg (Stadtgemeinde), pp. 38, 42, 65.
Remarks: in addition to the large flag a table banner, containing a name plate over the arms, is in use

M. Schmöger, 21 April 2014


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