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by István Molnár, 9 April 2001
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Egyházaskeszo is a village in Veszprém County in Hungary
near to Town of Pápa (17 km to
north) on the Little Hungarian Plains. The village has got 618
inhabitants (1990 census) all of them are Hungarians. The first
mention of the village is from 1361. The landlord of the village
was the Bishop of Győr. In the village there is a Baroque Roman
Catholic Church (1782).
The flag is going to be adopted in 19. 08. 2000. Ratio of the
flag: 3:2 and ratio of the "labarum": 2:5. On the flag
there is the Coat of Arms. The swallow-tailed flag is white with
gold edge and at the end of the swallow-tails is a gold tassel.
Symbolism of the Coat of Arms: The church in
the first field relates to the history of the village. The
village was the seat of the parish of the neighbouring villages
too. (the first part of its name: Egyházas means Parish). The
two silver stripe relate to the Bittva and Séd Brooks. The red
colour relates to the past with bloody wars and conflagrations.
The chess-man relates to the famous celebrity of the village:
Árpád Élő