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Mariazell, Styria (Austria)
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M. Schmöger, 26 April 2014
| Name of municipality: | Mariazell |
| Status: | Stadtgemeinde |
| Land (state): | Steiermark (Styria) |
| Bezirk (district): | Bruck-Mürzzuschlag |
| Former district: | Bruck an der Mur |
| Description of arms (German): | Im schwarzen Schilde die stilisierte Darstellung des gotischen Torbogens der Basilika von Mariazell in Gold; davor ebenfalls in Gold die bekr�nte Mariazeller Madonna mit dem gleichfalls gekr�nten Jesukind auf ihrem rechten Arm. Die Madonna ist mit einem blauen Mantel und einem auch das Jesuskind einh�llenden wei�en, silbern bestickten Gewande bekleidet; das Gewand ist auf der Brustseite der beiden Gestalten mit je einem goldenen Kreuzchen geziert. |
| Blazoning of arms (English): | Sable, the stylized archway of the Mariazell basilica Or, behind the Mariazell madonna also Or crowned and holding the divine infant, also crowned, in her dexter; the madonna is vested with a coat Azure and a vestment White embroidered Argent, enveloping also the divine infant; the breast part of the vestment of both figures is charged with a crosslet Or. |
| Adoption date of arms: | 29 April 1948, in force 1 May 1948, derived from the historical arms |
| Description of flag: | three stripes, blue-white-yellow, with arms |
| Flag used since: | 4 August 1958 |
| Sources: | Sources for the arms: [1] [wdy64] [2] [stl04] [2] [k4p54] [3] [ksj56] [4] [pus62] [5] [glr95] [6] http://www.mariazell.gv.at/die-stadt/daten/ [7] http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Mariazell [8] LGBl. 1948, 7. St�ck, Nr. 27, S. 56 at http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=lgm&datum=1948&page=64 Sources for the flag: description in [glr95] description at http://webapp.uibk.ac.at/alo_cat/card.jsp?id=12554067 (citing Neue �sterreichische Tageszeitung 6 August 1958, p. 7) photos at http://www.mariazellerland-blog.at/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Otto_von_Habsburg_Trauerfeier_Mariazell_05363.jpg http://www.mariazellerland-blog.at/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Hauptplatz-Mariazell-web.jpg http://www.mariazellerland-blog.at/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Mariazell-Hauptplatz-Little-Planet_Blog.jpg http://www.mariazellerland-blog.at/wp-content/gallery/little-planets/mariazell-hauptplatz-little-planet_blog.jpg |
| Remarks: | the municipality is going to merge with Gu�werk, Halltal and St. Sebastian on 1 January 2015 (name of the new municipality will be Mariazell) |
M. Schmöger, 26 April 2014
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