Askola

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ASKOLA

Region : Uusimaa (2009-2011 (Itä-Uusimaa)
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomen, until 1997 Uusimaa

Askola.jpg

Official blazon

Hopeakentässä myllynkivi, josta kasvaa kolme ruusua; kaikki punaista.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 14, 1956.

The millstone is taken as a symbol for the many former mills in the area as well as for the local bread, milled in the mills. The roses are taken as a symbol for the poet Johannes Linnankoski, whose most famous poem was about roses.


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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.