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The arms were granted on September 29, 1969.
The arms were granted on September 29, 1969.



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PREDLITZ-TURRACH

State : Steiermark
District : Murau

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on September 29, 1969.

The municipality lies in the old mining region of Upper Styria. The arms depict a typically pear-shaped Bessemer converter and the alchemistic symbol for iron.

The old ironworks at Turrach was the first on the European continent to have a Bessemer converter.

Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), MStLA 20 (1970), p. 50