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image by Ivan Sache, 19 July 2020
The municipality of Lajeado (84,014 inhabitants in 2019; 9,159 ha) is located
100 km north-west of Porto Alegre.
Lajeado was established on 20 March
1855 by Antônio Fialho de Vargas as Conventos colony, on plots designed in 1853
by the land surveyor Carl Ernst Mützel from Fazenda dos Conventos. The colony
was settled in 1862 by German immigrants after the building of a mill.
The
municipality of Lajeado was established on 26 January 1891 and inaugurated on 25
February 1891. The municipalities of Guaporé, Encantado, Arroio do Meio,
Cruzeiro do Sul, Boqueirão do Leão, Progresso, Santa Clara do Sul, Sério,
Marques de Souza, Forquetinha and Canudos do Vale subsequently separated from
Lajeado.
Ivan Sache, 19 July 2020
The flag of Lajeado is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 2,641
promulgated on 27 April 1973.
Article 2.
The format of the flag shall
obey the relevant federal legislation, with three horizontal stripes, the first,
celestial blue, three central, white, and the lower, red, and charged in the
center with the coat of arms of the municipality in the colors approved by Law
No. 1,&75 promulgated on 6 July 1965.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/l/lajeado/lei-ordinaria/1973/265/2641/lei-ordinaria-n-2641-1973-adota-a-bandeira-do-municipio
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Lajeado is prescribed by
Municipal Law No. 1,175 promulgated on 6 July 1965.
Article 1.
A
Portuguese shield surmounted by a four-towered crown or. In chief, on a field
argent, a Cross of the Christ gules (red) filled or. In the center, on a field
vert (green), a farmer with a rustic plow and an oxen or, in the background,
also vert, the Conventos hill. In base five wavy, parallel stripe, in turn
argent and blue (azure), charged with letters and numbers or. The shield
supported by a tobacco plant and a maize plant the two proper.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/l/lajeado/lei-ordinaria/1965/117/1175/lei-ordinaria-n-1175-1965-adota-o-brasao-de-armas-do-municipio
Leis Municipais database
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/PrefLajeado/photos/a.281594988589056/1765867373495136/?type=3&theater
Ivan Sache, 19 July 2020
