Villach
VILLACH
State : Kärnten
District : Villach
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
Villach has used arms since at least 1240. The arms were always beautifully simple, i.e. an eagle's leg ("Adlerfang"), although of course the design changed according to fashion. The arms used now takes up a design of about 1270 and were formally granted in 1965.
The tinctures of black (sable) and gold (or) are taken from the arms of the Hochstift (Free State) of Bamberg, to which the city was subject for more than 700 years.
There is no explanation known for the unusual charge. It has been suggested that the arms were originally used by a judge or another civic dignitary and were then passed on to the city.
 The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1932 |
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Literature : Image provided by Karl Palfrader (k.palfrader@aon.at), Dieter Neumann, Siegel und Wappen der Stadt Villach. In: Neues aus Alt-Villach. Jahrbuch des Stadtmuseum, vol 33 (1996), 101-116 (illustrated)
