Wien-Salmannsdorf

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WIEN-SALMANNSDORF

State : Wien (Vienna)

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Origin/meaning

The arms show St Sebastian, the patron of the Salmannsdorf chapel. The name is first mentioned 1279 and probably goes back to a manor house run by and administrator ("salman") of the Margraves of Austria.

Literature : Ströhl, 1902; Coffee Hag album, 1930s; http://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/bezirkswappen/