Slangerup

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SLANGERUP

Region : Hovedstaden
Amt (until 2007) : Frederiksborg
Additions : 1970 Uvelse
Incorporated into : 2007 Frederikssund

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially registered in 1976.

The arms are based on a seal known from 1449, which probably dates from around 1350. The arms show most likely the oldest local church, but the meaning is not quite clear.

Seal from 1449	Seal from 1565
Seal from around 1584	The arms in the Kaffe Hag album, 1933

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Literature: Achen, 1982; Zeuthen, 2000