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.
Olcsvaapáti
(The County of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg)
The settlement’s coat of arms symbolises the existence of Olcsvaapáti from as early as 1312, as well as the everyday life and work of its inhabitants.
Shield erect, bordured purpure. In chief the name of the settlement is inscribed in Times New Roman letters, bold. The tincture is identical with the colour of the shield’s frame. The ’sky’ below the inscription is azure.
The charges in the settlement’s coat of arms are all references to the wooded areas, located on the banks of the settlement’s three rivers in the vicinity of Olcsvaapáti. In field vert a stag’s antlers are borne. On the sinister the charge of a plum, on the dexter a walnut, the typical fruits of the Szatmár region. The plum jam and the home made plum brandy of Szatmár were always wellknown all over the country. The walnut is still the local pride and the growing of these fruits is still significant in the village. In addition, the village of Olcsvaapáti, with its beautiful groves and trees, is one of the most beautiful places in the entire Szatmár region. The colour vert in the base also represents the wooded areas of the village.
In base three wavy lines azure are borne. They represent the three rivers of the area, the Tisza, the Szamos and the Túr. In-between there are three lines or, a colour, which refers to the sandy banks of these rivers.
In the middle of Olcsvaapáti’s coat of arms the depiction of a ferry boat can be seen, and it is a reference to the fact that Olcsvaapáti has been a ferry crossing point. In the past the inhabitants of the village also made ferry boats. The wooded areas provided them with enough raw material. In base a bend azure with the charge of two fish naiant and argent in it. The three rivers of the region and the many wooded areas gave the inhabitants a lot of game and fish int he past and they could make a living from hunting, fishing and wood cutting.