Ringsted

	RINGSTED Country :Denmark Region :Sjælland Amt (until 2007) : Vestsjælland (until 1970 Holbæk) Additions:(to see click on expand) 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 Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":55.4480999999999966121322358958423137664794921875,"lon":11.7948000000000003950617610826157033443450927734375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

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.

Image gallery

Seal from 1421
The arms on a 1926 cigarette card
The arms in the Kaffe Hag album, 1933
The arms in a 1950s album
The arms on a stamp
Postal cancellation

Literature:Achen, 1982; Zeuthen, 2000

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