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by Istvan Molnar, 12 November 2000
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Mihályháza is a village in Veszprém County in Hungary near
to Town of Pápa (14 km west) in the Little Hungarian Plains. The
village has got 904 inhabitants (1990 census) nearly all of them
are Hungarians. Neighbouring settlements are: Mezolak, Békás,
Kemeneshogyész, Vinár, Nemesszalók, Nyárád villages and
Pápa town. The territory of the village was inhabited in the
Bronze Age. The first mention of the village is from 1488.
(Mihályháza means Michael's House in English). All the settlers
of the villages were members of the lower nobility. In 1910
Mihályháza was a village in the Pápa district of Veszprém
County. Number of inhabitants in 1910: 1190; 1188 (99,8%)
Hungarian and 2 others by mother tongue, 567 (47,6%) Calvinist,
422 (35,5 %) Lutheran 190 (16,0%) Roman Catholic and 11 (0,9%)
other by religion.
The flag, the CoA and the seal were adopted in 2000. Ratio of the
horizontal flag: 2:3, the vertical flag 5:2
Symbolism of the Coat of Arms:
Standing shield divided by three silver-green-silver wavy stripe
relate to the Marcal River and the Bittva Brook. In the red field
there is a gold water-mill with black meel-wheel relates to the
famous water-mill of the settlement in the past. In the green
field a gold ear of wheat, a gold scythe and a gold rake relate
to the agriculture. The crown above the shield relates to the
lower nobility.
Istvan Molnar, 12 November 2000
by Istvan Molnar, 12 November 2000
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by Istvan Molnar, 12 November 2000
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