Pyhäselkä

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PYHÄSELKÄ

Region : Pohjois-Karjala
Former province : Itä-Suomi (until 1997 Pohjois-Karjala)
Incorporated into : 2009 Joensuu

Pyhäselkä Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

Punaisessa kentässä viisi hopeista vesilehvää asetettuina 1 + 3 + 1.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on October 19, 1955.

The name can be translated as holy lake, which is symbolised by 5 water-lily leaves in a cross.


Arms of Pyhäselkä

The arms on a road sign

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