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# Scheibbs (Niederösterreich, Austria)

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- Scheibbs district
- Municipalities in Niederösterreich (Lower Austria)
- Niederösterreich (Lower Austria)
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- Austrian Municipalities
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The flag on this painted target (source, located by António Martins) is a banner of arms (or armorial banner or heraldic banner) of the city of Scheibbs (image by António Martins, 10 Jan 2024). The letters of the chronogram are LDIMICVLILI, in the right order MDCLLLVIIII (1759), which is very probably the year when this target was made. The inscription 1569 is the year when the shooters' guild (Schützengmein) of Scheibbs was founded (The shooting tradition of Scheibbs is even older). Scheibbs has one of the biggest museums of shooting targets in Europe (website). It presents over 240 historic targets, the oldest from 1680. The tradition of painted targets has been continued until today.
Scheibbs got its coat of arms in 1537 from King Ferdinand I in honor of the defence of the citizens against the Turkish attacks in 1529 and 1532. Because the citizens were very skilled in the use of their guns, the Turks weren't able to conquer Scheibbs. That was because of the duty for every citizen to get educated in the use of his rifle (See roof sculpture in Scheibbs with heraldic devices crescent and star, remembering the successful defense against the Turkish attacks of 1529/32 [source]).
Obviously because of the city's name, Scheibbs' arms show three discs (Scheibe = disc). It's an ironic coincidence that Scheibbs became famous for its shooting tradition and target museum. The German word Scheibe (disc) is also used in Zielscheibe (target, lit.: target disc) or Schiessscheibe (target, lit.: shooting disc). Today we know that the name Scheibbs doesn't come from "discs", but from the Slavic Ščipéčje (wild dog rose) from the local Slavic Pannonian population in the 6th century. After the Slavic language faded away, it became Scibes around 1160, Schibes around 1200, Schibsa in 1367, Scheybs in 1537, Scheibs in 1700 and Scheibbs in 1800.
Communal website: https://www.scheibbs.gv.at (timeline, German [retrieved])

Martin Karner, 16 January 2024

## Coat of Arms

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Per pale Sable and Argent in chief dexter a roundel Argent and in chief sinister the same but Sable whilst in base a roundel of the Second and First counterchanged.
Christopher Southworth

### Inofficial Variant

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Per pale Sable and Argent in dexter chief a plate surmounted by an annulet of the First in sinister chief an ogress surmounted by an annulet of the Second in base a roundel of the Second and First and an annulet of the First and Second both counterchanged.
Christopher Southworth