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image by Dirk Schönberger,
31 March 2012
Source:
http://www.saojosedohortencio.rs.gov.br/novo/simbolos.php
The municipality of São José do Hortêncio (4,201 inhabitants in 2012; 6,369
ha) is located 70 km of Porto Alegre.
São José do Hortêncio is named for
its patron saint, St. Joseph, and Hortêncio Leite, who owned plots located on
the road of access to the municipality. The town was first settled in 1826, as
an "old colony", by German immigrants.
The municipality of São José do
Hortêncio was established by State Law No. 8,576 promulgated on 29 April 1988.
http://www.saojosedohortencio.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 5 August 2020
A rising north-south diagonal tricolour, green-yellow-blue celeste, bearing
the municipal arms in the centre on a white disk.
Dirk Schönberger,
31 March 2012
The flag and arms of São José do Hortêncio are prescribed by Municipal Law
No. 124 promulgated on 24 April 1991.
The symbols are not described in the
Law but in the [unavailable] Appendices.
Ivan Sache, 5 August 2020