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Winden am See (Burgenland, Austria)

(fahnen-gaertner.com)

♦ photo ^source

Hungarian: Sásony; Croatian: Binta
Official colours: red and white

See also:

Coat of Arms

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Argent a bear passant and an oath taking hand couped both Gules.
Christopher Southworth

The bear in the arms refers to the Bear Cave, the only natural cave in Burgenland, which is situated north of the village. It was not discovered until after the First World War. Excavations have unearthed the bones of Ice Age cave bears, hyenas and wolves. The complete skeleton of a cave bear is on display at the Breitenbrunn Tower Museum.
No information was found about the hand of oath, which may have the same meaning as the one in the arms of Mönchhof: a sign of loyalty and proper stewardship of the peasants towards the landowners.

There are two versions of the arms which the municipality uses on their buildings. One has the bear with a round hump, the other has it with an angular hump. The former version is used on the communal website, on the flags and on the kindergarten (photo ^source). The latter version is used on the town hall (photo) and on Wikipedia/Wikimedia.

Communal website: https://www.winden.at (history, German)

Martin Karner, 13 May 2026

Jubilee Logo (2017)

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