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Kärnten (Austria)

Carinthia

Last modified: 2026-07-25 by martin karner
Keywords: carinthia | lions: 3 (black) | kaernten | land | landesfarben | state flag | state service flag | tricolour: yellow-red-white |
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image by Jan Oskar Engene	image by Peter Diem
(civil flag) adopted 18 June 1946	(state service flag)

• Coat of Arms

• Districts and Municipalities in Kärnten
• Slovenians in Carinthia
• State Fire-Brigade Federation Carinthia

See also:

• Austria
• Austrian States (Länder)
• Minorities in Austria
• Austria
• Alps-Adriatic Alliance

Coat of Arms

image by Peter Diem

Arms: Per pale: 1. Or three lions passant sable, armed and langued gules; 2. Gules, a fess argent.
Crest: The crowned jousting-helmet mantled gules lined or bears two buffalo-horns or, from each of which project five barrulets or; from each of the five dexter hang three linden-leaves sable, from each of the five sinister three gules.

(German blazoning: Das Land Kärnten führt als Landeswappen das historische Wappen. Der Schild des Landeswappens ist von Gold und Rot gespalten; vorn sind drei schwarze, rotbezungte und gewaffnete Löwen übereinander, hinten ein silberner Balken. Der gekrönte Turnierhelm mit rotgoldenen Decken trägt zwei goldene Büffelhörner, die aussen mit je fünf goldenen Stäbchen besteckt sind, von denen rechts je drei schwarze, links je drei rote Lindenblätter herabhängen.)

John Ayer, 3 September 2002

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