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by Istvan Molnar, 8 December 2000
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Nagydém is a village in Veszprém County in Hungary near to
Town of Pápa (25 km north-east) in the Little Hungarian Plains.
The village has got 445 inhabitants (1990 census), nearly all of
them are Hungarians. Neighbouring settlements are: Sokorópátka,
Lovászpatona, Bakonyság, Pápateszér, Bakonytamási and
Románd villages. The territory of the village is inhabited from
the Bronze Age. The first mention is from 1332 as
"DYM". In the 15th century there were two villages:
Kisdém with noble settlers, Nagydém with serves. At the time of
the Turkish wars the settlement was devastated and in 1761
resettled. The landlord of the settlement was the Festetich
Family and some members of the lower nobility. In 1910 Nagydém
was a village in the Pápa district of Veszprém County. Number
of inhabitants in 1910: 978; 978 (100,0%) Hungarian by mother
tongue, 720 (73,6%) Roman Catholic, 128 (13,1%) Lutheran, 57
(5,8%) Jew and 73 (7,5%) other by religion. The famous celebrity
of the village is Dániel Ihász (1813-1881), colonel of the
Hungarian Army in 1848-1849, commander of the Hungarian Legion in
Italy later colonel of the Italian Army (1859-1861)
Ratio of the flag: 2:3
Istvan Molnar, 8 December 2000
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by Istvan Molnar, 8 December 2000
Description of the CoA: The colours of the shield relate to
the Hungarian national colours. In the red field there is a
mill-wheel relates to the formerly water-mills, the gold cross
relates to the Roman Catholic inhabitants, the Luther's Rose
relates to the Lutheran inhabitants, in the green field there is
the old seal of the village. Above the shield there is a silver
sword and a laurel wreath relate to the famous celebrity of the
settlement.
Istvan Molnar, 8 December 2000
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