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image by Ivan Sache,
22 June 2014
Based on:
http://portal.camaranh.rs.gov.br/municipio/brasao
Vertically divided, 1:2, red and green, with the municipal arms in a white disk on the field boundary.
Official website at
http://www.novohamburgo.rs.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger,
4 March 2012
The municipality of Novo Hamburgo (238,940 inhabitants, therefore the 8th
most populous municipality in the state; 22,360 ha) is located 40 km from Porto
Alegre. The municipality is made of 27 boroughs, the most populous of them being
Canudos (62,292 inh.).
Novo Hamburgo (New Hamburg) was founded in 1824 by
German immigrants. The municipality of Novo Hamburgo was established on 5 April
1927.
Novo Hamburgo is the National Capital of Shoes. The Shoe International
Fair attracts every year more than 400,000 visitors.
http://www.novohamburgo.rs.gov.br
- Municipal website
The symbols of Novo Hamburgo are prescribed in
Article 4 of the Municipal Constitution, last revised on 6 October 2011, as
follows:
"The symbols of the municipality of Novo Hamburgo are a coat of
arms, a flag, an anthem, an other symbols established by Law."
http://portal.camaranh.rs.gov.br/lei-organica-e-regimento-interno/LOM_TEXTO_ATUALIZADO.pdf
- Municipal Constitution
The flag and arms of Novo Hamburgo are
prescribed in Municipal Law no. 64 of 23 November 1970. The Law abrogates
Municipal Law no. 52 of 30
November 1957, which might indicate that other
symbols were used in the 1957-1970 period.
The flag is described as
follows:
Two panels, green and red, the red panel covering 2/3 of the flag.
In the center, over the limit of the two panels, inscribed in a white disk, the
municipal coat of arms in full colours.
The coat of arms is described as
follows:
Portuguese shield, divided per bend sinister, with colours gules
(red), or and vert (green). In the middle, on the field or and placed
tangentially to the bends gules and vert [on the drawing, slightly overlapping
the bends], a disk azure (blue) charged in the middle with a cog wheel argent, a
symbol of industry, and inscribing the Immigrant's Monument proper, that is
granite (or sandstone) pink. The shield supported by two branches of laurel
proper tied by a red knot.
Beneath the shield a scroll azure (blue) inscribed
with the writing "NOVO HAMBURGO / 5 de abril de 1927" in letters argent. The
shield surmounted by a four-towered mural crown argent.
http://portal.camaranh.rs.gov.br/municipio/brasao - Website of the Municipal
Council
Photos:
http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-558489668-bandeira-oficial-de-novo-hamburgo-rs-tam-113x161cm-_JM
http://novohamburgo.org/site/noticias/novo-hamburgo/2011/07/29/ciclista-que-percorre-brasil-coletando-bandeiras-para-em-novo-hamburg
http://www.portalvitrine.com.br/prefeito-de-novo-hamburgo-bate-a-cabeca-em-mergulho-no-litoral-gaucho-news-14623.html
http://paulobarcelosreporter.blogspot.fr/2014/03/jovens-fazem-juramento-bandeira-em-novo.html
Paulo RS Menezes, Ivan Sache, 22 June 2014