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Nagygyimot (Veszprem County, Hungary)
Nagygyimót
Last modified: 2000-09-30 by dov gutterman
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by Istvan Molnar, 13 September 2000
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Overview
Nagygyim�t is a village in Veszpr�m County in Hungary near
to Town of P�pa (8 km east) in the Little Hungarian Plains. The
village has got 671 inhabitants (1990 census) nearly all of them
are Hungarians.
The first mention of the village is from 1225. At this time the
landlord of the village was the Chapter of V�rad (now Oradea /
Nagyv�rad/ in Rumania). Later landlords were: the Amad� Family,
the Chapter of Veszpr�m, the Csoronok Family and the Esterh�zy
Family. All the settlers of the villages was serf.� In 1910
Nagygyim�t was a village in the P�pa district of Veszpr�m
County. Number of inhabitants in 1910: 1.197; 1.196 (100,0%)
Hungarian and 1 others by mother tongue, 739 (61,7%) Roman
Catholic, 266 (22,2 %) Lutheran, 182 (15,2%) Calvinist and 10
(0,8%) other by religion.
The flag, the CoA and the seal were adopted in 15th August 2000.
Istvan Molnar, 17 September 2000
Coat of Arms
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by Istvan Molnar, 13 September 2000
Description of the CoA - The three silver churches in the blue
field relate to the religious mosaic of the village. The gold
Latin crucifix relates to the Roman Catholics, the Luther's Rose
within red heart and in the heart the silver crucifix relate to
the Lutherans and the gold star relates to the Calvinists. The
wavy silver stripe relates to the S�d Brook. In the red field
the gold griffin relates to the landlords of the village - the
Esterhazy Family. The sixteen gold coins relate to the former
richness of the territory. The crown over the shield relates to
the former noble settlers of the former Kisgyim�t village (now
is the depopulated territory, part of Nagygyim�t).
Istvan Molnar, 13 September 2000
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