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Bansk� Stiavnica city, Slovakia

Bansk� �tiavnica okres, Bansk� Bystrica region

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Bansk� �tiavnica

[Flag of Bansk� �tiavnica] by Zeljko Heimer 11 Jan 1998

Bansk� �tiavnica is a medium sized Slovakian town some 100 km (?) east of Bratislava. The flag is a blue swallow-tailed flag with white border all arround.
Zeljko Heimer, 11 Jan 1998

Bansk� �tiavnica Coat of Arms

[Coat of Arms of Bansk� �tiavnica] by Zeljko Heimer 11 Jan 1998

The coat of arms is azure, a tower with walls argent surrounded with three working tools (what kind?) or.
Zeljko Heimer 11 Jan 1998

It looks like a pick, a hoe and a hammer and chisel.
Ole Andersen, 11 Jan 1998

Bansk� Stiavnica was in the past a very famous silver mining town. So you can suppose that the tools are mining tools. Bansk� Stiavnica is about 200 km away from Bratislava.
A. and R. Rei�mann, 26 Mar 1999:

I believe you will find that the device at the bottom of the COA is a cutting  or welding torch.  I used to be in the business.
John Hume, 3 May 1999.

I think you may wish to amend your comments about the municipal coat of arms for Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia.  Your comment that the tool at the bottom was a cutting torch was very odd.  This coat of arms was designed and used in 1275.  People in our town refer to it as the hammer and chisel -- I think that is more reasonable for such an ancient heraldic device.
Craig Averill, 10 Dec 2002