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'''AVENCHES ''' | |||
Canton: [[Vaud]]<br/> | |||
Additions: 2006 [[Donatyre]]; 2011 [[Oleyres]] | |||
[[File:avenches.jpg|center|Armoiries de {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
===Official blazon=== | |||
De gueules au buste de maure de profil au naturel, tortillé d'argent et vêtu d'azur au col d'or. | |||
=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms are based on the oldest seals of the town, which showed a man's head. Only on the seal of 1564 the head was changed into a Moor, probably based on some legends regarding Saracens in the region. The arms have not changed since. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:avenchesz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/> The oldest seal from the 13th century | |||
|align="center"|[[File:avenchesz2.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/> The seal from 1564 | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:avenchesz3.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/> The seal from ? | |||
|align="center"|[[File:avenchesz4.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/> The seal from ? | |||
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{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:avenches.hagch.jpg|center]] <br/> | |align="center"|[[File:avenches.hagch.jpg|center|Wappen von/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/> | ||
|align="center"|[[File:avenches1.hagch.jpg|center]] <br/>Variations of the arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |align="center"|[[File:avenches1.hagch.jpg|center|Wappen von/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Variations of the arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:avenches5.hagch.jpg|center]] <br/> | |align="center"|[[File:avenches5.hagch.jpg|center|Wappen von/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/> | ||
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{|align="center" | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.okz.jpg|center|350 px|Wappen von/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/> The arms on a [[Oldenkott_(Switzerland)|Dutch tobacco card]] (+/- 1910) | |||
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[[Literature]] : Dubois and Cornaz, 1922 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Switzerland|'''Literature''']]: | ||
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{{media}} Dubois and Cornaz, 1922; Kohler, 1896 | |||
[[Category:Swiss Municipalities A]] | [[Category:Swiss Municipalities A]] | ||
[[Category:Vaud]] | [[Category:Vaud]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:48, 22 July 2024
AVENCHES
Canton: Vaud
Additions: 2006 Donatyre; 2011 Oleyres
Official blazon
De gueules au buste de maure de profil au naturel, tortillé d'argent et vêtu d'azur au col d'or.
Origin/meaning
The arms are based on the oldest seals of the town, which showed a man's head. Only on the seal of 1564 the head was changed into a Moor, probably based on some legends regarding Saracens in the region. The arms have not changed since.
 The oldest seal from the 13th century |
 The seal from 1564 |
 The seal from ? |
 The seal from ? |
 |
 Variations of the arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960 |
 |
 The arms on a Dutch tobacco card (+/- 1910) |
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