Last modified: 2022-12-27 by martin karner
Keywords: municipality: austria | bicolour: white-green |
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Name of municipality: | Fürstenfeld |
Status: | Stadtgemeinde |
Land (state): | Steiermark (Styria) |
Bezirk (district): | Hartberg-Fürstenfeld |
Former district: | Fürstenfeld |
Description of arms (German): | Gespalten: vorne im grünen Feld der steirische Panther, hinten der österreichische Bindenschild. |
Blazoning of arms (English): | Per pale: dexter Vert, the Styrian panther rampant Argent; sinister Gules, a fess Argent. |
Adoption date of arms: | never formally granted, based on a seal first attested at the end of the 13th century |
Description of flag: | two stripes, white-green, with arms |
Flag used since: | (?) |
Sources: | Arms: [1] [wdy64] [2] [stl04] [3] [k4p54] [4] [ksj56] [5] Pferschy, G (ed.) (2000) Fürstenfeld - die Stadtgeschichte. Fürstenfeld (Stadtgemeinde). [6] http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=F%C3%BCrstenfeld Sources for the flag: flag photo at http://www.meinbezirk.at/resources/mediadb/zoom/2013/03/24/3950501_30_1394910497.jpg flag drawing at http://www.fahnen-gaertner.com/site/modules/motif/detail.php?screen=default_store&motif_key=3970 |
Remarks: | the arms as currently used is not only based on a
traditional seal, it also contains the surrounding inscription of the seal (SIGILLVM CIVITATIS DE FVRSTEINVEL) |
M. Schmöger, 2 May 2014