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''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' | |[[File:Durbanville.jpg|center|350 px|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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Province: [[Western Cape]]<br | <center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | ||
Incorporated into : 1996 Tygerberg | '''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 Tygerberg | |||
** 2000 [[Cape Town]] | |||
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'''Wapen''': In goud, 'n swart keper belaai met drie goue gerwe, vergesel in die skildhoof van twee swart sespuntige sterre en in die skildvoet van 'n druiwetros van natuurlike kleur.<br> | '''Wapen''': In goud, 'n swart keper belaai met drie goue gerwe, vergesel in die skildhoof van twee swart sespuntige sterre en in die skildvoet van 'n druiwetros van natuurlike kleur.<br> | ||
'''Helmteken''': 'n Liggende rooi sfinks belaai met drie naas mekaar geplaaste goue ringe.<br> | '''Helmteken''': 'n Liggende rooi sfinks belaai met drie naas mekaar geplaaste goue ringe.<br> | ||
'''Wrong en Dekklede''': Goud en Swart. <br> | '''Wrong en Dekklede''': Goud en Swart. <br> | ||
'''Wapenspreuk''': SIT NOMINE DIGNA | '''Wapenspreuk''': SIT NOMINE DIGNA | ||
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'''Arms''': Or, on a chevron between in chief two six-pointed stars Sable and in base a bunch of grapes proper, three garbs Or. <br> | '''Arms''': Or, on a chevron between in chief two six-pointed stars Sable and in base a bunch of grapes proper, three garbs Or. <br> | ||
'''Crest''': On a sphinx couchant Gules three annulets in fess Or.<br> | '''Crest''': On a sphinx couchant Gules three annulets in fess Or.<br> | ||
'''Wreath and mantling''': Or and Sable.<br> | '''Wreath and mantling''': Or and Sable.<br> | ||
'''Motto''': SIT NOMINE DIGNA | '''Motto''': SIT NOMINE DIGNA | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were | The arms were adopted on April 12, 1948, and registered at the Bureau of Heraldry on February 13, 1981. The registration certificate was issued on August 14, 1981. | ||
The golden shield, chevron and stars are from the shield of Sir Benjamin D’ Urban after whom Durbanville was named. The golden garbs and grapes show the importance of Durbanville as a agricultural and wine district. | The golden shield, chevron and stars are from the shield of Sir Benjamin D’ Urban after whom Durbanville was named. The golden garbs and grapes show the importance of Durbanville as a agricultural and wine district. | ||
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The motto means : May it be worthy of his name | The motto means : May it be worthy of his name | ||
These arms were among the earliest to be adopted in response to the Cape Provincial Administration's call, in December 1947, for municipal heraldry to be improved | |||
[[Literature]] : | [[Literature]] : | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:South African Municipalities]] | [[Category:South African Municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Western Cape]] | [[Category:Western Cape]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1981]] | [[Category:Granted 1981]] | ||