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'''CONSTANTIA | |[[File:constantiavalley.jpg|center|350 px|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}<br>CONSTANTIA VALLEI}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''': South Africa [[File:zaf4.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''': [[Western Cape]][[File:w-cape.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''': | |||
* 1996 South Peninsula Municipality | |||
** 2000 [[Cape Town]] | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''Afrikaans''' | |||
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'''Wapen''': In silwer, 'n swart adelaar met uitgespreide vleuels, op die bors belaai met 'n goue sandloper, dwarsbalksgewys; 'n rooi gewelvormig geknobbelde skildhoof. <br> | |||
'''Helmteken''': 'n Rooi muurkroon, swart gemessel, met 'n halwe uitkomende silwer hert, gewei en hoewe van goud, swart gevleuel. Dekklede: Rooi en silwer.<br> | |||
'''Wapenspreuk''': TERRA HEREDITAS NOSTRA | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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'''Arms''': Argent, an eagle displayed Sable, charged on the breast with a hour glass in fess Or; a chief nowy gabled Gules.<br> | |||
'''Crest''': Issuant from a mural crown Gules, masoned Sable, a demi-stag Argent, attired and unguled Or, winged Sable. Mantling: Gules and Argent.<br> | |||
'''Motto''': TERRA HEREDITAS NOSTRA | |||
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=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were were registered at the Bureau of Heraldry on October 3, 1992, and a registration certificate was issued on April 26, 1993. | |||
The main division on the shield is derived from the typical Dutch Cape gables, which can be seen on many of the older houses in the valley. | |||
The | |||
The | The valley is named after the farm 'Constantia', which the Dutch East India Company (VOC) granted to governor Simon van der Stel in 1685. The eagle, hourglass and winged demi-stag were derived from the arms of Rijcklof Volckertsz. [[van Goens]], head of the VOC the who authorised the grant of land.'''[[Literature]]''': - | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:South African Municipalities]] | [[Category:South African Municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Northern Cape]] | [[Category:Northern Cape]] | ||
[[Category:Granted | [[Category:Granted 1992]] |
Latest revision as of 06:08, 16 June 2024
CONSTANTIA VALLEI Country: South Africa Province: Western Cape Incorporated into:
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Afrikaans |
Wapen: In silwer, 'n swart adelaar met uitgespreide vleuels, op die bors belaai met 'n goue sandloper, dwarsbalksgewys; 'n rooi gewelvormig geknobbelde skildhoof. |
English |
Arms: Argent, an eagle displayed Sable, charged on the breast with a hour glass in fess Or; a chief nowy gabled Gules. |
Origin/meaning
The arms were were registered at the Bureau of Heraldry on October 3, 1992, and a registration certificate was issued on April 26, 1993.
The main division on the shield is derived from the typical Dutch Cape gables, which can be seen on many of the older houses in the valley.
The valley is named after the farm 'Constantia', which the Dutch East India Company (VOC) granted to governor Simon van der Stel in 1685. The eagle, hourglass and winged demi-stag were derived from the arms of Rijcklof Volckertsz. van Goens, head of the VOC the who authorised the grant of land.Literature: -
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