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may refer to a prominent, decorative, often carved sign, commemorating the values and history of the town. Synonymous with
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not part of one), indicating the county being entered and often the one being left. Even if not done within a given
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found that city limit signs had to be bilingual. The facts of the case were that the district authority of
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to be put up only in German. After this was found to be unconstitutional, the signs were also put up in
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ancestry) drove faster than the speed limit of 50 kilometers per hour while driving through
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deal primarily with Europe, specifically Central Europe, and do not represent a
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As of 2010, the issue of bilingual city signs in Austria has not been resolved.
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Cast aluminium welcome sign for Congleton, UK by Leander Architectural
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A town area sign (with the speed limit of 40 km/h) in
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Vienna Online Journal on International Constitutional Law
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Vienna Online Journal on International Constitutional Law
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On September 6, 1994, Austrian lawyer Rudi Vouk (of
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