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Zwettl an der Rodl, Oberösterreich (Austria)

Last modified: 2004-02-07 by marcus schmöger
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[Zwettl an der Rodl] 
by Marcus Schmöger

Name of municipality: Zwettl an der Rodl
Status: Marktgemeinde (market-town)
Land (state): Oberösterreich (Upper Austria)
Bezirk (district): Urfahr-Umgebung
 
Description of arms (German): In Rot auf grünem Schildfuß, darin ein silbernes Schildchen mit einem aus rotem Schildfuß wachsenden, blauen, aus dem Rachen feuerspeienden, golden gekrönten und rot gewaffneten Panther, eine silberne, schwarz geöffnete, eintürmige Kirche mit Kapellen-Anbau, schwarzen Dächern und ebensolchen Kreuzen
Blazoning of arms (English):
Adoption date of arms: 1613 (first seal imprint)
 
Description of flag: two stripes, white-red, with coat-of-arms
Adoption date of flag: ?

Marcus Schmöger, 30 January 2004


Comments on the arms:

The arms shown in the base is almost precisely the same as that of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit in Mühldorf county, Bavaria, Germany: http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/n/neumarks.htm (except that the beast in the arms of Zwettl is crowned). Any connection?
Stefan Schwoon, 30 January 2004

As far as I see, no clear connection. The panther in the arms of Zwettl was the arms of the Starhemberg family, 
whereas the Neumarkt-St. Veit arms is derived from arms of the counts of Kraiburg-Ortenburg (belonging to the Spanheim family).
Sources: [bmt96] and [sta68]
Marcus Schmöger
, 30 January 2004


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