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The municipality of Horizontina (19,329 inhabitants in 2019; 22,974 ha) is
located 500 km north-west of Porto Alegre.
Horizontina was established on
18 September 1927 by Engineer Frederico Jorge Logemann, as Belo Horizonte
colony, part of the municipality of Santo Ângelo. The first masoned house, built
by Dahne e Conceição & Cia, was used as its administrative seat by the
Colonization Service. Transferred in 1931 to the newly established municipality
of Santa Rosa, the colony was elevated to the district of Vila Horizonte in
1937. To prevent confusion with the big town of Belo Horizonte, the district was
renamed to Horizontina in 1943.
The municipality of Horizontina was
established by State Law No. 2,556 promulgated on 18 December 1954, and
inaugurated on 28 February 1955.
Horizontina was awarded the title of
"National Cradle of Combine Harvesters", after the building of Brazil's first
harvester in 1965 and the establishment of a production unit by the John Deere
company.
Walter Bündchen (1916-2010) was Mayor of Horizontina from 1971 to
1975 and President of the local Chamber of Commerce; he is mostly known as the
grand-father of the supermodel Gisele Bündchen (b. 1980 in Horizontina or Três
de Maio)
https://horizontina.atende.net/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 18 July 2020
The flag and arms of Horizontina are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 590
promulgated on 27 February 1978.
Article 1.
The municipal symbols
shall be:
I. The coat of arms established by Municipal Law No. 177
promulgated in 1962.
II. The municipal flag.
Article 6.
The
features of the municipal flag shall obey the following rules.
I. The
background panel shall be white.
II. In the center shall be placed the
municipal coat of arms.
III. The two sides shall be exactly equal, mirroring
each other.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/h/horizontina/lei-ordinaria/1978/59/590/lei-ordinaria-n-590-1978-institui-os-simbolos-municipais-dispoe-sobre-a-forma-e-apresentacao-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Horizontina was
originally prescribed by Municipal Law No. 177 promulgated on 11 September 1962.
Article 1.
A Portuguese shield divided into two fields. First, on a blue
sky, a rising sun on an infinite horizon and a green field with a plowed area.
The first and second fields separated by a blue wavy stripe.
Second, on a
golden yellow background, a cog wheel surrounded by a soybean plant and a maize
plant, the two flowered.
A stylized red stripe [scroll] with the motto "PAZ E
TRABALHO" (Peace and Work) and the dates "1937" and "1954".
The shield
surmounted by a mural crown argent with three fortresses and six crenels.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/h/horizontina/lei-ordinaria/1962/17/177/lei-ordinaria-n-177-1962-adota-e-define-o-simbolo-do-municipio
Leis Municipais database
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Ivan Sache, 18 July 2020