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District : Graz (city) | District : Graz (city) | ||
[[File:graz.jpg|center]] | [[File:graz.jpg|center|350 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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|'''German''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms show the panther of Steiermark, as the city was already in the 12<sup>th</sup> century the capital of Steiermark. The only difference between the arms of the city and of the state, is that the panther in the arms of the city is crowned. | The arms show the panther of Steiermark, as the city was already in the 12<sup>th</sup> century the capital of Steiermark. The only difference between the arms of the city and of the state, is that the panther in the arms of the city is crowned. | ||
The panther already appeared in the 13th century seals of the city. All later seals have shown the panther in slightly different compositions, see below. | The panther already appeared in the 13th century seals of the city. All later seals have shown the panther in slightly different compositions, see below. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
| | File:grazz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|Seal of Graz from 1261 | ||
| | File:grazz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|Seal of Graz from 1296 | ||
| | File:grazz3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|Seal of Graz from 1440 | ||
| | File:grazz4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|Smaller seal of Graz from 1440 | ||
| | File:grazz5.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|Seal of Graz from 1700 | ||
| | File:Graz1445.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|The arms in 1445 | ||
File:Graz1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|The arms around 1500 | |||
File:graz1567.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|The arms by Zacharias Bartsch (1567) | |||
File:Graz16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Graz1600.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|The arms around 1600 | |||
File:Graz3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|The arms by Widimsky, 1864 | |||
File:graz.hagat.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag : Die Wappen der Republik Oesterreich|Coffee Hag album]] +/- 1932 | |||
File:0540-2a.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|The arms in the [[Abadie|Abadie album]] +/- 1932 | |||
File:Grazm.jpg|alt=Wappen von Graz/Arms (crest) of Graz|The arms on a manhole cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
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[[Literature]] : Kober and Pilchegger, 1956 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Austria|Literature]] : Kober and Pilchegger, 1956; Bartsch, 1567 | ||
[[Category:Austrian Municipalities G]] | [[Category:Austrian Municipalities G]] | ||
[[Category:Steiermark]] | [[Category:Steiermark]] | ||
[[Category:Graz]] | [[Category:Graz]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:38, 27 September 2023
GRAZ
State : Steiermark
District : Graz (city)
| German | blazon wanted |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms show the panther of Steiermark, as the city was already in the 12th century the capital of Steiermark. The only difference between the arms of the city and of the state, is that the panther in the arms of the city is crowned.
The panther already appeared in the 13th century seals of the city. All later seals have shown the panther in slightly different compositions, see below.
Image gallery
Seal of Graz from 1261
Seal of Graz from 1296
Seal of Graz from 1440
Smaller seal of Graz from 1440
Seal of Graz from 1700
The arms in 1445
The arms around 1500
The arms by Zacharias Bartsch (1567)
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms around 1600
The arms by Widimsky, 1864
The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932
The arms in the Abadie album +/- 1932
The arms on a manhole cover
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Literature : Kober and Pilchegger, 1956; Bartsch, 1567