Wien-Zwischenbrücken
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Austria - Österreichische Gemeindewappen |
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WIEN-ZWISCHENBRÜCKEN
State : Wien (Vienna)
Origin/meaning :
The arms show the attributes of St John Nepomuk, the saint's red tongue within a halo and five five-pointed stars. St John Nepomuk is the patron saint of bridges, the name Zwischen bracken (Between the bridges) referring to a settlement on an island between the main and a side arm of the Danube that came to lie "between the bridges" once the first bridges were built from Vienna proper to the left bank of the Danube.
Literature : Ströhl, 1902; Coffee Hag album, 1930s; http://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/bezirkswappen/