Kufstein
KUFSTEIN
State : Tirol
District : Kufstein
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Origin/meaning
The arms are first seen on the local seal of Kufstein dating from 1376. The seal showed a canting Kufe, or salt barrel, above some mountains rising from some waves. The barrel obviously was chosen as a canting symbol and a symbol for the salt mining in the area. The mountains and waves are symbols for the surroundings. During later centuries the waves disappeared and the mountains gradually changed into the present mountain.
Image gallery
The arms around 1500 (silver)
The arms around 1500 (gold)
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
Seal from around 1900
The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932
The arms in the Abadie albums
Municipal stationery, 1960s
Literature: Köfler and Beimrohr, 1995
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