Tartalmi rész
In this section you can find the crests of almost 2400 settlements of Hungary with notes. Find the starting letter of the settlement in the list and click if you want to see it.
Nagybudmér
(The County of Baranya)
The settlement’s current coat of arms is the modernised version of the traditional spade shield.
Below the shield a ribbon or is flying, with the settlement’s name inscribed in it in capital letters sable: NAGYBUDMÉR To the sinister and to the dexter the date 1291 is inscribed, the year when Budmér’s name first appeared in writing. Above the shield mantling is borne on both sides, which is stretching down int he direction of the base.
Sinister field or, dexter field gules, contoured sable. Shield is topped by a crown or, a motif, which symbolises that the settlement came into existence after the fall of the Hungarian Monarchy. Crown is decorated with gems; three gules, two vert. The tincture vert as well as the lines sable symbolise the land, on which the inhabitants have been living. Shield also features a wavy line azure, a reference to the natural waters nearby. In chief azure a sword argent is borne horizontally, a motif, which takes its origin in the coat of arms of the Batthyány family, the former local landowners. The sword is also a reference to the fights that took place in the area in the period of the Turkish conquest.
The charge of the sword is flanked by two eight-pointed stars, both or, motives, which go back to the village seal of 1767. These motives refer to the fact that the minorities living in the area have co-habited peacefully for many centuries. Fess is partitioned and gules. In this section three ears of wheat are borne, or, another charge from the village seal of 1767. On the dexter and on the sinister side vine tendrils are borne, fructed gules and leaved vert. This motif indicates that the inhabitants of Nagybudmér have traditionally lived from viniculture and wine making.
Above the sheaf of wheat the styílised depiction of a plough, argent, its edge is turning toward the base. On the dexter side a stylised coulter argent is borne, its edge is turning toward the base.
Above these motives three flowers, all or. The floral motif have been taken over from the settlement’s seal of 1767.