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# Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal (Carinthia, Austria)

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Last modified: 2026-05-09 by martin karner
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by M. Schmöger | by M. Schmöger

Description of arms (German): | In Gold der Benediktinerabt St. Leonhard mit Kranztonsur und schwarzem Habit, den silbernen Abtsstab in der Rechten, ein blaues Buch mit Goldschnitt in der Linken, eine schwarze Kette mit gebrochenem Endglied über den rechten Arm gehängt, aus einem goldenen Schild wachsend, der einen aufgerichteten schwarzen, rotbezungten und -bewehrten Löwen von einem silbernen Schrägrechtsfaden überlegt zeigt. [1] [2]
Blazoning of arms: | Or the Benedictine abbot Saint Leonhard Proper with Roman tonsure vested Sable holding a crozier Argent in his dexter and a book Azure edged Or in his sinister, a broken chain Sable over his dexter arm the abbot issuant from an inescutcheon of the First bearing a lion rampant Sable langued and armed Gules, surmounted by a bendlet Argent. (Christopher Southworth)
Adoption date of arms: | seal first attested 1391, arms confirmed 29 April 1970, again 5 June 1973
Adoption date of flag: | 29 April 1970, again 5 June 1973
Official colours: | yellow-black [1] (actually used black-yellow with coat-of-arms) [3] [4]
Sources: | [1] [dew06], see also PDF at official website of Carinthia [2] [lio65] [3] http://www.stadtkapelleleonhard.at/images/050703_2g.jpg [4] http://www.stadtkapelleleonhard.at/images/050703_3g.jpg

M. Schmöger, 4 January 2010

See also:

- Wolfsberg district
- Municipalities in Carinthia
- Carinthia
- Austria: Vertical Hoisting of Flags
- Austrian Municipalities
- Austria