Stadl an der Mur
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STADL AN DER MUR
State : Steiermark
District : Murau
Origin/meaning :
Arms granted:The arms were granted on ?.
The arms contain two references to local history; The building in the dexter field is a Salzstadel ("salt barn"). Salt has been a government monopoly since the Middle Ages. At the highroad over the Sölk pass, this Salzstadel was used as a store house.
The sword in the sinister field commemorates a steelworks, owned by the princes of Schwarzenberg, which produced high-quality steels. These were sought after in the whole of Europe for many purposes, e.g. for watch-making, but also for the making of swords.
Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 24 (1974), p. 27