Sankt Josef (Steiermark)

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SANKT JOSEF

State : Steiermark
District : Deutschlandsberg

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on 7 May, 1973.

The arms contains references to fertile soil and agriculture in general (apple, maize, fish) as well as to the municipality's patron saint (Josef, with his symbol the carpenter's axe).

Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 24 (1974), p. 26