Ottensheim

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OTTENSHEIM

State : Oberösterreich
District : Urfahr-Umgebung

Coat of arms (crest) of Ottensheim
Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 4, 1533.

The arms show a fortified city in the colours of the Rabenhaupt family, who recieved the Ottesheim Castle in 1527. The deer antlers are the alledged arms of the Lords von Wilhering-Waxenberg who founded the castle and village in early medieval times.

Wappen von Ottensheim/Coat of arms (crest) of Ottensheim

The arms by Pillwein (1820)
Wappen von Ottensheim/Coat of arms (crest) of Ottensheim

The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932

Literature : Baumert, H.E. : Oberösterreichische Gemeindewappen, Linz, 1996.


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