Kivijärvi

KIVIJÄRVI

Region : Keski-Suomi
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi, 1960-1997 Keski-Suomi

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Hopeakentässä punainen, alapuoleltaan aaltokoroinen irtohirsi, jolla seisoo musta, pu navaruksinen kukko.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on April 18, 1963.

The arms are based on the legend of the foundation of the local church. The church supposedly was founded on a place where a rooster, sailing on a small piece of wood, finally made a landfall.

The arms on a road sign

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

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