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Slovak Civic Heraldry
Slovenská Heraldika Miest a Obcí (Heraldický Register SR)

KEŽMAROK

Region (kraj) : Prešov
District (okres) : Kežmarok

Coat of arms of Kežmarok

Origin/meaning:
The arms were officially granted in 1463, but are at least 20 years older. The arms show in the lower part the bars of Hungary and in the upper part swords as a symbol for the fat that the city was a border town.

Municipalities in Kežmarok district:

Abrahámovce | Bušovce | Červený Kláštor | Havka | Holumnica | Hradisko | Huncovce | Ihľany | Javorina | Jezersko | Jurské | Kežmarok | Krížová Ves | Lechnica | Lendak | Ľubica | Majere | Malá Franková | Malý Slavkov | Matiašovce | Mlynčeky | Osturňa | Podhorany | Rakúsy | Reľov | Slovenská Ves | Spišská Belá | Spišská Stará Ves | Spišské Hanušovce | Stará Lesná | Stráne pod Tatrami | Toporec | Tvarožná | Veľká Franková | Veľká Lomnica | Vlková | Vlkovce | Vojňany | Vrbov | Výborná | Zálesie | Žakovce

Literature : Kartous et al, 1991; Slowakei - Spaziergänge durch die Jahrhunderte der Städte und Städchen. Piroda, Bratislava, 1994 (German version, ISBN 80-07-00531-5); Kartous and Vrteľ , 2000


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