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image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 February 2017
This
site tells us:
"... The town arms were approved by the Council of State on 14 November 1898,
but first on 23 July 1981 the municipality received the right to use the town
arms as town flag. ... The design in our town arms is an eagle of silver on a
field of red. The "heart shield" of the eagle is the frigate "White Eagle",
pictured in silver on a field of blue.
The right claw of the eagle holds an anchor of gold; this symbolises that
Holmestrand is a 400 year old maritime town.
The eagle holds in its left claw a rod of Asclepius, as the symbol of the god of
medicine in the Greek Mythology. The snake rod represents the town's spa, which
was established in 1840. ...
Published by Janne M. Wigdal. Last changed 02.06.2010 "
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 12 January 2011
Here is flag and coat of arms of Holmestrand.
Source:
https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1982-07-23-1250?q=flagg
http://foto.digitalarkivet.no
Tomislav Šipek, 29 January 2016
![[COA of Odda]](../images/n/no)07-02.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 29 January 2016
Blazon: På rød bunn en sølv, flakt ørn som i høyre klo holder et gull anker
og i venstre en gull æskulapstav. I blått hjerteskjold en sølv fregatt.
In English: Gules an eagle displayed argent holding in dexter an anchor or and
in sinister a rod of Aesculapius also or and in an inescutcheon azure a frigate
argent.
(BTW, the shield should have a golden mural crown.)
Approved by the royal resolution of 14 November 1898 after a drawing by Andreas
Bloch. The flag was approved subsequently of matching design by the royal
resolution of 23 July 1981.
Sources: [c2j87] and
http://www.holmestrand.kommune.no/om-kommunen/om-holmestrand-kommune/fakta-om-holmestrand/byvapen/
From the municipal web site, the city administration adopted the design on 1
November 1898 after Bloch's proposal. Unlike many other Norwegian municipal arms,
this one is in a rectangular shield and includes much more details.
- the mural crown was newly introduced in Norway in 1890's and is used only by a
few cities
- the frigate depicted is the "Hvide Ørn" - white eagle, named after the white
eagle in the arms.
- the arms stand for the 400 years old port
- the rod stands for medicine, i.e. the spa established there in 1840 (closed in
1950's)
[c2j87] also explains that the city arms were
inspired by the East Indian merchant Johan Heinrich Tordenskiold. He left his
wealth in 1819 to establish a high school in Holmestran. Tordenskiold's
relative, Peter owned the "Hvide Ørn" frigate that was also important in city
history, and provided for the main charge in the arms. [c2j87]
also shows Tordenskiold's arms in black and white drawing, quartered, a heraldic
thunderbolt, an eagle displayed, two cannons in saltire with three cannonballs
and a lion holding a scimitar. See coloured drawing at
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tordenskiold
Željko Heimer, 31 January 2016
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