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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Flag of 1970 - 2007]](../images/d/dk-mj-nd-gr.gif)
2:3, image by Martin Hawkins 24 Aug 1998
The flag was white with centred coat of arms.
Martin Hawkins 24 Aug 1998
Shield Azure a bar wavy Argent, over all a bridge Gules masoned Sable, issuant from bridge six crosslets Or with basement, on dexter chief and sinister base a crescent Or, on sinister chief and dexter base a mullet Or.
Meaning:
The arms are based on a seal from the early 14th century and show a bridge over the local Grenaa River. The crosslets on either side of the bridge are symbolising the local parish church, dedicated to St. Gertrud, and an older chapel. The mullets and crescents are typical Christian symbols of the time. The mullets sometimes are realised as facetted 6-point stars.
Grenaa, also Grenå, developed from the settlement Grindhøgh (around 1250), which means something like rubble hill. It gained the rights of a town in 1445. Until the 19th century it was located between the Baltic and the Kollindsind, which afterwards had been impoldered. It was a commune in Århus Subcounty (Danish: Amt) between 1970 and 2006 and became a part of Nordjurs Kommune in 2007 together with the former communes of Nørre Djurs, Rougsø and the eastern part of Sønderhald.
Sources: here, here and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2025
