Lahti

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LAHTI

Region : Päijät-Häme
Former province : Häme
Additions: 2016 Nastola

Lahti Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

  • (1912) Hopeanvärisessä kilvessä musta rautatienpyörä, kussakin 7 puolapuuta, joista jokaisesta lähtee punainen kultasydäminen tulenlieska. Pyörän navasta lähtee jokaisesta puolapuiden välistä punainen säde.
  • (1955) Hopeakentässä musta pyörä , jonka kustakin puolapuusta lähtee punainen liekki.
  • (1968) Hopeakentässä musta, seitsenpuolainen rautatievaunun pyörä; pyörän kehältä nousee jokaisen puolapuun kohdalta punainen liekki.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on May 14, 1968.

The arms show a wheel, as a symbol for the railway. The railway brought prosperity to the town and turned the local village in a large city. The arms were first granted on October 7, 1912 and confirmed on October 21, 1955 and in 1968.

Lahti became a city in 1905 and new arms were to be designed for the new city. Already in 1904 arms with a melusine were designed, which in 1912 were reduced to a mermaid. These were never adopted by the city, but later by the Päijät-HämeRegion. At the same time, in 1910 arms which showed industry, railroads and agriculture (beehive) were proposed.

Finally in 1912 these latter arms were 'reduced' to a single wheel, which is still in use. These arms also had a crown, which was abolished in 1955.

Coat of arms (crest) of Lahti

The proposal of 1904
Coat of arms (crest) of Lahti

The proposal of 1912
Coat of arms (crest) of Lahti

The proposal of 1910
Coat of arms (crest) of Lahti

The arms of 1912
Coat of arms (crest) of Lahti

The arms of 1955
Coat of arms (crest) of Lahti

The arms on a road sign
Coat of arms (crest) of Lahti

Postal cancellation 1989

Literature: Pirinen, 1982


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