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image by István Molnár, 15 January 2006
See also:
Flag of Zalaszabar village (coat
of arms on white field) can be seen at <www.zalamedia.hu>.
István Molnár, 29 March 2001
2001 Population Census: 637 inh. Ethnic affiliation:
Hungarian: 99,4%; Gipsy: 6,8%; German: 1,4% Religion: Roman
Catholic: 95,3%; Calvinist: 0,8%; Lutheran: 0,6%; belonging to
other church/denomination: 0,8%; does not belong to any
church/denomination: 1,7%; unknown, did not wish to answer: 0,5%.
Source: <helynevtar.ksh.hu>.
István Molnár, 15 January 2006
za-zs.jpg)
image from <www.zalaszabar.hu>,
located by István Molnár, 15 January 2006
"The crown relates to the self-government of the village
and the market town rights given by Queen Mary [1382-1395]. On
the shield in the right field there is Saint Mary the Virgin the
Patron Saint of Hungary and Patron Saint of the village. On the
gold field you can see the church of the village too. Above you
can see the coat of arms of Blessed Buzad [before 1222-1241] who was the
lord lieutenant of Vas county later Dominican monk and Roman
Catholic martyr. In the left field you can see the colours
(red-white) of the Árpáds relates to the origin of the village.
In the blue field you can see "A waterfowl" with fish,
grapes and corn relates to the agriculture. The blue colour of
this field relates to the Little Balaton Swamp.".
Sources: <www.zalaszabar.hu>,
<en.wikipedia.org>,
<members.fortunecity.com/psabari>.
István Molnár, 15 January 2006
