Völkermarkt, Carinthia (Austria) (original) (raw)

Name of municipality:

Völkermarkt (Velikovec)

Status:

Stadtgemeinde (town)

Land (state):

Kärnten (Carinthia)

Bezirk (district):

Völkermarkt

Description of arms (German):

In Rot hinter einem fünffachen grünen Wogenkamm drei silberne bezinnte Türme mit Kegeldächern wachsend. [1] [2] [3]

Blazoning of arms (English):

Gules, three towers embattled with cone roofs Argent, surmounted in base by a mount nebuly Vert.

Adoption date of arms:

seal first attested 1267, arms confirmed 6 June 1974

Description of flag:

three stripes, red-white-green, with coat-of-arms [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Adoption date of flag:

6 June 1974, but used before that date

Sources:

[1] [dew06], see alsoPDF at official website of Carinthia [2] [stl04]
[3] [lio65]
[4] list of Austrian municipal colours, by Jan Miller, 18 February 1965/ 16 April 1965/ 24 June 1965 (archive Arnold Rabbow)
[5] http://bzoe.at/graphics/usergraphics/gallery/cimg1650.jpg
[6] http://bzoe.at/graphics/usergraphics/gallery/img_0459.jpg
[7] http://bzoe.at/graphics/usergraphics/gallery/img_0509.jpg
[8] photo in: Körner, Günther (ed.) (2001) 750 Jahre Stadt Völkermarkt. Völkermarkt (Stadtgemeinde), p. 419.