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'''HUITTINEN''' | '''HUITTINEN''' | ||
Region : [[Satakunta]]<br> | Region : [[Satakunta]]<br> | ||
Former province : [[Länsi-Suomi]] (until 1997 [[Turku and Pori]])<br> | Former province : [[Länsi-Suomi]] (until 1997 [[Turku and Pori]])<br> | ||
Additions : 2009 [[Vampula]] | Additions: 2009 [[Vampula]] | ||
[[File:huittine.jpg|center]] | [[File:huittine.jpg|center|{{PAGENAME}} Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Vihreässä kentässä kaksi kultaista häränotsaa alakkain. | Vihreässä kentässä kaksi kultaista häränotsaa alakkain. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on June 19, 1953. | The arms were officially granted on June 19, 1953. | ||
The arms with the two ox skulls are based on a local legend. When the church was finished, the devil, as always, tried to destroy it, and hurled a large stone at the church, but the stone hit instead a man with two draft oxen plowing his field on Sunday, the man thus was punished for his violation of the Sabbath. | The arms with the two ox skulls are based on a local legend. When the church was finished, the devil, as always, tried to destroy it, and hurled a large stone at the church, but the stone hit instead a man with two draft oxen plowing his field on Sunday, the man thus was punished for his violation of the Sabbath. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Huittinen 1.jpg|center|350 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a road sign | |||
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'''[[Literature]]''': Pirinen, 1982 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Finnish Municipalities H]] | [[Category:Finnish Municipalities H]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:35, 28 January 2024
HUITTINEN
Region : Satakunta
Former province : Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Turku and Pori)
Additions: 2009 Vampula
Official blazon
Vihreässä kentässä kaksi kultaista häränotsaa alakkain.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on June 19, 1953.
The arms with the two ox skulls are based on a local legend. When the church was finished, the devil, as always, tried to destroy it, and hurled a large stone at the church, but the stone hit instead a man with two draft oxen plowing his field on Sunday, the man thus was punished for his violation of the Sabbath.
 The arms on a road sign |
Literature: Pirinen, 1982
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