Sulmeck-Greith

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SULMECK-GREITH

State : Steiermark
District : Deutschlandsberg

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 16, 1986.

In the municipaluty lies the confluence of the Weiße Sulm and the Schwarze Sulm rivers. These are represented by a white and a black bend wavy conjoined. The bunch of grapes indicates that viticulture has a long tradition in this part of Styria. The farmers produce white wines in general and also the Styrian national drink, the Schilcher, of good quality

Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 37 (1987), p. 40