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'''Country''' : Denmark [[File:Denmark-small.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Region''' : Sjælland <br> | |||
'''Amt''' (until 2007) : [[Vestsjælland]][[File:Vestsjaelland.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 1970 [[Holbæk Amt|Holbæk]])<br><br><br/> | |||
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* 1970 Benløse | |||
* 1970 Bringstrup-Sigersted | |||
* 1970 Gyrstinge | |||
* 1970 Haraldsted-Allindemagle | |||
* 1970 Jystrup-Valsølille | |||
* 1970 Kværkeby | |||
* 1970 Nordrupøster-Farendløse | |||
* 1970 Ringsted Landsogn | |||
* 1970 Sneslev | |||
* 1970 Vetterslev-Høm | |||
* 1970 Vigersted | |||
* 1970 Ørslev | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially registered in 1938. | The arms were officially registered in 1938. | ||
The arms are based on the oldest seal of the city, which dates from around 1300. The arms are highly religious, showing under the hand of God, the St. Mary with child, and a monk, both as a symbol for the important local Benedictine monastery. The two other figures are Duke Knud Lavard (died 1169/70), who was considered a saint and whose shrine is in Ringsted, and his great grandson King Erik (with crown and flowers), who was killed in Slien in 1250 and who is buried in Ringsted. | The arms are based on the oldest seal of the city, which dates from around 1300. The arms are highly religious, showing under the hand of God, the St. Mary with child, and a monk, both as a symbol for the important local Benedictine monastery. The two other figures are Duke Knud Lavard (died 1169/70), who was considered a saint and whose shrine is in Ringsted, and his great grandson King Erik (with crown and flowers), who was killed in Slien in 1250 and who is buried in Ringsted. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:ringstedz1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Ringsted|Seal from 1421 | ||
| | File:Ringsted.bv.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Ringsted|The arms on a 1926 [[Danske Byvaabner (cigarette cards)|cigarette card]] | ||
File:ringsted.hagdk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Ringsted|The arms in the [[Kaffe Hag Denmark|Kaffe Hag]] album, 1933 | |||
File:Ringsted1.herred.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Ringsted|The arms in a 1950s [[Danmarks Herreds-, By og Birke Vaaben|album]] | |||
File:Ringsted.nhk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Ringsted|The arms on a [[Nordisk Handelskalender|stamp]] | |||
File:Ringstedp.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Ringsted|Postal cancellation | |||
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[[Literature]]: Achen, 1982; Zeuthen, 2000 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Danish municipalities]] | [[Category:Danish municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1938]] | [[Category:Granted 1938]] |
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