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M. Schmöger, 21 April 2014
| Name of municipality: | Voitsberg |
| Status: | Stadtgemeinde |
| Land (state): | Steiermark (Styria) |
| Bezirk (district): | Voitsberg |
| Description of arms (German): | Im roten Schilde zwei silberne, gequaderte und gezinnte Rundtürme mit je vier (2:2 gestellten) Rundbogenfenstern, auf einem grünen, mit drei goldenen Ähren belegten Dreiberg stehend. |
| Blazoning of arms (English): | Gules, two round towers Argent masoned and embattled, each with four (2:2) round-arched windows, standing on a triple-mount Vert charged with three ears Or. |
| Adoption date of arms: | used traditionally without grant, based on a seal first attested 1292 |
| Description of flag: | three stripes, red-yellow-green, with arms |
| Flag used since: | ? |
| Sources: | Sources for the arms: [1] [wdy64] [2] [stl04] [3] [k4p54] [4] [ksj56] [5] http://www.voitsberg.at/index.php?id=61 [6] http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Voitsberg Sources for the flag: flag photos at http://home.bhak-voitsberg.ac.at/sweb/bvb/images/DSCN4272.jpg http://home.bhak-voitsberg.ac.at/sweb/bvb/images/DSCN4277.jpg http://www.mooskirchen.at/typo3temp/pics/2870b7c539.jpg flag photos in Lasnik, E (2012) Voitsberg - Porträt einer Stadt und ihrer Umgebung, Band 2. Voitsberg (Stadtgemeinde), pp. 38, 42, 65. |
| Remarks: | in addition to the large flag a table banner, containing a name plate over the arms, is in use |
M. Schmöger, 21 April 2014
