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image adapted from herencia.net by Ivan Sache, 09 Mar 2010
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The municipality of Herencia (9,123 inhabitants in 2009; 4,024 ha) is located in the Province of Ciudad Real, 150 km south of Madrid.
Herencia was organized in the 13th century during the resettlement of the areas reconquested by the Catholic from the Muslims. The Order of St. John was commissioned by the King to resettle the region of South Meseta; the village of Herencia, then with 150 inhabitants, was granted a Public Chart in 1239. The Chart established social classes, separating simple villagers from the knights and nobles; a bread oven was built while vineyards and gardens were shared among the villagers. The Municipal Wheat Loft ("Pósito Concejil") of Herencia was created in 1568 as an institution aimed at managing harvests and regulating the grain market. The Mercy Convent was founded in the village on 15 November 1556 by Don Juan of Austria, King Philip IV's natural son. The 18th century was a prosperous era for Herencia, whose population increased from 4,400 in 1707 to 7,574 in 1769. At the end of the century, the villagers were granted permission to build wind mills, whose number peaked at 11 in the beginning of the 19th century. In spite of Herencia reluctance, the municipality of Puerto Lápice seceded from Herencia in 1784. Population of the town reached 10,000 in the 1950s and has not stopped declining since then.
Source: Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 09 Mar 2010
The flag and arms of Herencia were adopted on 11 September 2007 by the Municipal Council, as stated by Decree No. 5,728, published on 21 September 2007 in the Ciudad Real Provincial Gazette No. 115, p. 52.
Source: Decree No 5,728 (PDF)
Confirmation of the municipal symbols by the Government of Castile-La Mancha took more than two years.
The flag of Herencia is prescribed by Decree No. 2010/3421, adopted on 16 February 2010 by the Council of Public Administration and Justice of Castile-La Mancha and published on 2 March 2010 in the Castile-La-Manca official gazette Vol. 39 No. 42, p. 10,267, as follows: "Rectangular panel, in proportions 2/3, made of two equal vertical stripes, red with a white St. John's Cross at hoist and yellow at fly."
Source: Decree No 2010/3421 (PDF)
Ivan Sache, 09 Mar 2010
The coat of arms of Herencia is prescribed by Decree No. 2010/3417, adopted on 16 February 2010 by the Council of Public Administration and Justice of Castile-La Mancha and published on 2 March 2010 in the Castile-La-Manca official gazette Vol. 39 No. 42, p. 10,266, as follows:
"Quarterly, 1. and 4. Gules a castle or masoned sable port and windows azure, 2. and 3. Argent a lion rampant purpure armed and langued gules crowned or. An escutcheon oval azure a tower or masoned sable port and windows azure flanked sinister by a knight armed and lanced argent on a horse of the same and a Muslim argent lying on a terrace vert." The shield placed in front of a St. John's Cross argent and surmounted by a Royal crown closed."Source: Decree No 2010/3417 (PDF)
Images of the flag and arms are availabele on the Herencia.net website: flag, arms.
Ivan Sache, 09 Mar 2010