Weng im Gesäuse

WENG BEI ADMONT (WENG IM GESÄUSE)

State : Steiermark
District : Liezen
Incorporated into : 2015 Admont

Wappen von Weng im Gesäuse/Arms (crest) of Weng im Gesäuse

Official blazon

In Blau zwischen zwei silbernen Leisten, die obere zweifach gesparrt, ein rotes mit silbernen Grasbüscheln bestreutes Feld, darin ein schreitender silberner Marder.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on May 8, 1989.

Weng was a possession of the Benedictine monastery of Admont. Its name means a Wiese (meadow). The arms are based on the coat of arms born by vassals of the monastery in the Middle Ages. The upper bar now represents the form of the two Buchstein mountains, the grass hints at the name of the municipality.

The marten was put into the arms, because in medieval times the village had to supply the monastery with marten furs.