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Incorporated into: 1970 [[Nordjylland]] | Incorporated into: 1970 [[Nordjylland]] | ||
[[File:alborg-amt.jpg|center]] | [[File:alborg-amt.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were designed in 1960. | The arms were designed in 1960. | ||
The bull is a symbol for the old Germanin tribes that lived in the Himmerland area, the Cimbri. They worshipped the bull as a god of fertility. The area now was part of the Amt and in the city of Ålborg there is a statue of a bull based on the same history. | The bull is a symbol for the old Germanin tribes that lived in the Himmerland area, the Cimbri. They worshipped the bull as a god of fertility. The area now was part of the Amt and in the city of Ålborg there is a statue of a bull based on the same history. | ||
[[Literature]] : Achen, 1982 | [[Literature]]: Achen, 1982 | ||
[[Category:Denmark]] | [[Category:Denmark]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1960]] | [[Category:Granted 1960]] |
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ÅLBORG AMT
Region : Nordjylland
Incorporated into: 1970 Nordjylland
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were designed in 1960.
The bull is a symbol for the old Germanin tribes that lived in the Himmerland area, the Cimbri. They worshipped the bull as a god of fertility. The area now was part of the Amt and in the city of Ålborg there is a statue of a bull based on the same history.
Literature: Achen, 1982