Hohenweiler
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Austria - Österreichische Gemeindewappen |
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HOHENWEILER
State : Vorarlberg
District : Bregenz
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on April 10, 1929.
The arms are based on the arms of the locally important Von Schönstein family, as described in a grant of arms from 1554. The base of the family arms was plain red, this was changed to the Austrian arms in 1929.
Literature : Burmeister, 1975