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Nemesgörzsöny is a village in Veszprém County in Hungary
near to Town of Pápa (12 km to
north) on the Little Hungarian Plains. The village has got 785
inhabitants (1990 census) all of them are Hungarians. The village
is the union of Alsógörzsöny and Felsogörzsöny (1940). The
first mention of the villages is from 1346 (GERSEN). All the
settlers of the villages were members of the lower nobility
("Nemes" means noble). In the village there is a
Romantic Calvinist Church (1883).
The flag was adopted in 26. 05. 2000. Ratio of the flag is 2:3
and ratio of the "labarum" is 5:2.
István Molnár, 19 July 2000
image by István Molnár, 19 July 2000
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image by István Molnár, 19 July 2000
Symbolism of the Coat of Arms: In the rosette shield there is
a picture of an old seal of Alsógörzsöny village. The gold
mill-wheel relates to the historical mills on the Tapolca
brook. The stripes relate to the river Marcal (the larger
stripe), the Darza brook and the dried Tapolca brook. The crown
on the the top of the shield relates to the noble settlers of the
village. The red colour relates to the past with bloody wars and
conflagrations. The red-white-green colours under the crown
relates to the Hungarian national colours. The Gothic style text
"NEMESGORZSONY" relates to the first mention of the
village.
István Molnár, 19 July 2000