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Egyek is a large village in Balmazújváros district of Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
The area that rises out of the Tisza floodplain was inhabited in prehistoric times. The Greek historian Priskos also reports on the village.
It appeared in written sources relatively late (1322).
The village was destroyed during the Tatar invasion and was only resettled in the 13th century.
After the Tatar invasion, it was owned by the Egyek family, a middle-class landowner who named themselves after the village - there is data on the Egyek family until 1367.
Later, the village came into the possession of various families.
In the second half of the 16th century, the majority of the population converted to the Reformed faith. The village was repopulated with Roman Catholics at the end of the 18th century.
The village belonged to Szabolcs County for a long time, and then to Hajdú County, which was formed in 1876.
Zoltan Horvath, 30 January 2025
The flag of the settlement consists of three horizontal stripes, green, yellow and blue, the coat of arms is placed in the center of the flag.
The shield overlaps by one-third of the width on the top and bottom stripes. The flag ratio is 1:2.
The flag was originally adopted by a Local Government Decree, but the exact date is unknown for me,
the current legislation is Local Government Decree 27/2019. (XI.28.) issued on 28 November 2019.
https://or.njt.hu/eli/728515/r/2019/27
The illustration and description of symbols can be found in Annex 1:
https://or.njt.hu/download/1581/resources/EJR_4937354-1._mell_klet.pdf
(Note that flag image doesn’t contain the coat of arms, it is defined in its description.)
Zoltan Horvath, 30 January 2025
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image by Zoltan Horvath, 30 January 2025
The coat of arms is a green shield with a gold border charged with a silver plowshare, surrounded on both sides by golden ears of wheat with their stalks touching at the bottom.
The green color is a symbol of the spring landscape and renewal, of hope. Green is the color of nature. It symbolizes development, harmony, and security.
The silver-white color refers to light, goodness, innocence, simplicity. It expresses the respect and honor of work.
The yellow color is a symbol of sunshine and ripe wheat ears. On the coat of arms, yellow means decoration and loyalty, joy, happiness, energy.
The blue color is the blue of the sky and the symbol of the Tisza River. It means wisdom, trust, honor and truth.
It is an expression of peace and tranquility, reverence and openness, and unity.
The coat of arms was adopted by the same Local Government Decree.
Image of coat of arms:
https://arhiv.egyek.hu/rendeletek.html (website of settlement)
Zoltan Horvath, 30 January 2025