Gratwein

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GRATWEIN

State : Steiermark
District : Graz-Umgebung

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Origin/meaning

There is no formal grant of arms on record. The borough of Gratwein has assumed arms some time in its past, using the arms of the Cistercian abbey at Rein (monogram of Our Lady) and a vine (GratWEIN).

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Seal from around 1900
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The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932

Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), Kobel (1954), p. 68f