Sankt Gerold

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SANKT GEROLD

State : Vorarlberg
District : Bludenz

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on October 27, 1970.

The arms show in the right half the image of St. Gerold, the local patron saint. The ibex is the symbol of the Walser community, a group of villages that were historically related.

Literature : Burmeister, 1975