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Klemens Baum has combined the two coats of arms (Obervellach and Freising) into one work of art. This is intended to symbolise the friendship and long shared history between Freising and Obervellach, as well as their cooperation even during the mining era. His friend Herbert Meier supported him in his work on the wall.

In 1556 Emperor Ferdinand granted the people of Obervellach self-government through the free election of mayors and market magistrates and also the Obervellach coat of arms in 1560. The Obervellach coat of arms already provides the backdrop. There is also the Freising bear and gold, silver and copper coins as well as a bishop's crozier on the banks of the river, which point to the past and ecclesiastical history of our towns. On the left is Falkenstein Castle, one of the oldest castles in Carinthia, although it is no longer possible to say for sure when it was built. The castle was first mentioned in documents around 1164 Falkenstein (‘Valchenstein’). The Freising cathedral towers can be seen on the right of the picture. The towers were built from brick and partly from tuff. In contrast to the south tower, the north tower is tapered by two slight steps, which result from the removal of the Romanesque structures. The towers were painted in 1724. With a height of 56 metres and their location on the cathedral hill, the cathedral towers are the third tallest building in the city of Freising. The Korbinian bear is depicted with a packsaddle, which goes back to a legend about St. Korbinian, the founder of the diocese of Freising, and can be found on the coat of arms of the city of Freising as well as on the archiepiscopal coat of arms of Cardinal Josef Ratzinger and the papal coat of arms of Benedict XVI.