Mellau

	MELLAU Country : Austria State : Vorarlberg District : Bregenz Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":47.3506000000000000227373675443232059478759765625,"lon":9.882799999999999585043042316101491451263427734375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In von Rot und Weiß gespaltenem Schild eine natürliche, entwurzelte Tanne im roten Feld und drei schwarze Kreuze, das mittlere die beiden anderen überhöhend, auf grünem Hügel im weißen Feld.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 12, 1962.

The pine tree is the symbol of the Bregenzer Wald, in which the village is situated. The three crosses refer to the 185 people that died locally in the plague in 1635.

Literature : Burmeister, 1975