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'''CONSTANTIA | |[[File:constantiavalley.jpg|center|350 px|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}<br>CONSTANTIA VALLEI}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : South Africa [[File:zaf4.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''' : [[Western Cape]][[File:w-cape.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''' : | |||
* 1996 South Peninsula Municipality | |||
** 2000 [[Cape Town]] | |||
{{#display_map:-34.0282,18.4191|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}} | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''Afrikaans''' | |||
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'''Wapen''': In silwer, 'n swart adelaar met uitgespreide vleuels, op die bors belaai met 'n goue sandloper, dwarsbalksgewys; 'n rooi gewelvormig geknobbelde skildhoof. <br> | |||
'''Helmteken''': 'n Rooi muurkroon, swart gemessel, met 'n halwe uitkomende silwer hert, gewei en hoewe van goud, swart gevleuel. Dekklede: Rooi en silwer.<br> | |||
'''Wapenspreuk''': TERRA HEREDITAS NOSTRA | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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'''Arms''': Argent, an eagle displayed Sable, charged on the breast with a hour glass in fess Or; a chief nowy gabled Gules.<br> | |||
'''Crest''': Issuant from a mural crown Gules, masoned Sable, a demi-stag Argent, attired and unguled Or, winged Sable. Mantling: Gules and Argent.<br> | |||
'''Motto''': TERRA HEREDITAS NOSTRA | |||
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=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were were registered at the Bureau of Heraldry on October 3, 1992, and a registration certificate was issued on April 26, 1993. | |||
The main division on the shield is derived from the typical Dutch Cape gables, which can be seen on many of the older houses in the valley. | |||
The | |||
The | The valley is named after the farm 'Constantia', which the Dutch East India Company (VOC) granted to governor Simon van der Stel in 1685. The eagle, hourglass and winged demi-stag were derived from the arms of Rijcklof Volckertsz. [[van Goens]], head of the VOC the who authorised the grant of land.'''[[Literature]]''': - | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:South African Municipalities]] | [[Category:South African Municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Northern Cape]] | [[Category:Northern Cape]] | ||
[[Category:Granted | [[Category:Granted 1992]] | ||