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klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: freixo de espada a cinta(freguesia) | mazouco | ash | sword | horse(paleolithic) | grape(bunch9 | olive(branch) |
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![[Freixo de Espada à Cinta e Mazouco united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-fecfm.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025
The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025
Shield Or, above an eradicated ash tree Vert, pierced by a sword Gules in bend, beneath a silhouette Sable of a paleolithic horse between two olive branches Vert fructed Sable in saltire. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE FREIXO DE ESPADA À CINTA E MAZOUCO".
Meaning:
The upper half displays the canting arms of the former Freixo de Espada à Cinta Commune, the lower half those of the former Mazouco Commune, slightly modified.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 23 October 2018
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025
Freixo de Espada à Cinta e Mazouco is one of the two communes of Freixo de Espada à Cinta Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 2113 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 93,45 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025
![[Freixo de Espada à Cinta commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-fecfm-fe.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2018
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2018
![[Freixo de Espada à Cinta commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-fecfm-fe).jpg)
image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Mar 2017
Shield Or, an eradicated ash tree Vert, pierced by a sword Gules in bend. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FREGUESIA DE FREIXO DE ESPADA À CINTA".
Meaning:
The arms are canting, displaying an ash (Port.: freixo) and a sword (Port.: espada).
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 May 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
Freixo de Espada à Cinta was one of the four communes of Freixo de Espada à Cinta Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 2188 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 74,8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
![[Mazouco commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-fecfm-mz.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
Shield Argent, a silhouette Sable of a paleolithic horse, in chief two grape bunches Purpure leafed Vert, in base two olive branches Vert fructed Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MAZOUCO".
Meaning:
The horse is referring to the stone engravings of nearby Carneiro.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 February 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
Mazouco was one of the four communes of Freixo de Espada à Cinta Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 167 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 18,7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
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