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by Istvan Molnar, 13 September 2000
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Nagygyimót is a village in Veszprém County in Hungary near
to Town of Pápa (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 Várad (now Oradea /
Nagyvárad/ in Rumania). Later landlords were: the Amadé Family,
the Chapter of Veszprém, the Csoronok Family and the Esterházy
Family. All the settlers of the villages was serf. In 1910
Nagygyimót was a village in the Pápa district of Veszprém
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
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by Istvan Molnar, 13 September 2000
Description of the Coat of Arms - 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 Séd 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 Kisgyimót village (now
is the depopulated territory, part of Nagygyimót).
Istvan Molnar, 13 September 2000