Vellinge

	VELLINGE Country: Sweden Province (Landskap): Skåne County (Län): Skåne län (until 1997 Malmöhus län) Additions: 1974 Månstorp (partly) 1952 Arrie 1952 Mellan-Grevie 1952 Södra Åkarp 1952 Västra Ingelstad 1952 Västra Kärrstorp 1952 Östra Grevie 1974 Skanör-Falsterbo 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":55.469999999999998863131622783839702606201171875,"lon":13.0183999999999997498889570124447345733642578125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Swedish	I blå sköld en genomgående trappgavel av silver, belagd med ett blått möllejärn och nedan åtföljt av tre sillar av silver, ordnade två och en.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on April 4, 1975.

Of the former municipalities, only Skanör-Falsterbo used a coat of arms. The fish, reminiscent of the medieval herring fishing periods, are are taken from the Skanör-Falsterbo arms and have been reduces form 5 to 3 in the new coat of arms.

The staircase gable refers to the region's typical historical Hanseatic architecture of castles, churches, etc. Skanör being an important Hanseatic town.

The millstone, which is believed to be the first in Swedish heraldry, symbolizes agriculture in the municipality and the many old mills, such as the stump mill in Skanör, which is considered one of the oldest in the country.

Literature: Nevéus and de Waern, 1992

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