Ottensheim
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Austria - Österreichische Gemeindewappen |
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OTTENSHEIM
State : Oberösterreich
District : Urfahr-Umgebung
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on June 4, 1533.
The arms show a fortified city in the colours of the Rabenhaupt family, who recieved the Ottesheim Castle in 1527. The deer antlers are the alledged arms of the Lords von Wilhering-Waxenberg who founded the castle and village in early medieval times.
 The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932 |
Literature : Baumert, H.E. : Oberösterreichische Gemeindewappen, Linz, 1996.