Holmestrand

	HOLMESTRAND Country: Norway Province: Vestfold og Telemark (until 2020 Vestfold) Additions: 1964 Botne 2018 Hof 2020 Sande Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":59.4874999999999971578290569595992565155029296875,"lon":10.3117999999999998550492819049395620822906494140625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Norwegian	(1898) På rød bunn en sølv, flakt ørn som i høyre klo holder et gull anker og i venstre en gull æskulapstav. I blått hjerteskjold en sølv fregatt. (2020) ?
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The first arms were granted on November 14, 1898. The current arms were adopted in 2020.

The arms from 1898

The eagle in the old arms is derived from the arms of the merchant Johan Heinrich Tordenskiold, who, in 1819, donated all his fortune to built a school in Holmestrand. The eagle also gave its name to the main ship of the merchant, which is shown on the breast-shield, the White Eagle. The anchor symbolises the importance of Holmestrand as a harbour town. The snake is the symbol of medicine and symbolises the former health spa in Holmestrand, in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The oak leaf in the new arms represents the forest and in addition the protected Gunnestadeika in Sande. The three waves refer to the proximity to the sea and how important it is not only to use it for care and leisure, but also to take good care of the marine environment. The blue is associated to the coast, and proximity to water, lake, rivers and fjords.

The new arms were the result of a local competition with 588 entries. The 9 other final entries can be seen below.

Image gallery

The arms as proposed in 1898
The arms by Ströhl in 1903.
The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1930
The arms on a manhole cover
Rejected proposal 2019
Rejected proposal 2019
Rejected proposal 2019
Rejected proposal 2019
Rejected proposal 2019
Rejected proposal 2019
Rejected proposal 2019
Rejected proposal 2019
Rejected proposal 2019

Literature: Norwegian Municipal Network; Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.; Norske by- og adelsvåben, Kaffe Hag.

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