image by Dirk Schönberger,
14 March 2012Source: http://www.pm15nov.rs.gov.br/portal1/municipio
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image by Dirk Schönberger,
14 March 2012
Source:
http://www.pm15nov.rs.gov.br/portal1/municipio
The municipality of Quinze de Novembro (3,653 inhabitants in 2010; 22,400 ha)
is located 300 km north-west of Porto Alegre.
Quinze de Novembro was
settled in 1914 by the German land surveyor Alberto Schmidt, who designed plots
and sold them to colonists coming from Cruz Alta and the region of Rio Grande do
Sul Old colonies. The place might have been named for the date of inauguration
of the temple of the Evangelic Community of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil,
15 November 1915.
The municipality of Quinze de Novembro was established by
State Law No. 8,454 promulgated on 8 December 1987.
https://www.quinzedenovembro.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache,
2 August 2020
A horizontal triband, white-blue-white, 1-2-1, with the municipal arms in a
white oval in the
centre.
Dirk Schönberger,
14 March 2012
The flag of Quinze de Novembro is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 228
promulgated on 19 August 1993.
Article 2.
The flag of the municipality
of Quinze de Novembro shall be white and blue, with three horizontal stripes,
the central, blue, the upper and the lower, white, charged in the center with
the coat of arms of the municipality, as prescribed by Municipal Law No. 38
promulgated on 14 December 1989.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/q/quinze-de-novembro/lei-ordinaria/1993/23/228/lei-ordinaria-n-228-1993-cria-a-institui-a-bandeira-do-municipio-de-quinze-de-novembro-rs-estabelece-descricoes-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Quinze de Novembro is
prescribed by Municipal Law No. 39 promulgated on 14 December 1989.
Article 2.
I. The shield shall be heart-shaped, charged dexter on a field
gules with a handshake or surmounted by two fleurs-de-lis or and sinister with a
cross or. In the center a sun or with the rays crossing a sky azure adextered
with the Southern Cross argent on a nightly sky azure. In the center, separating
day and night a tree sable. Beneath sinister a sheep, a bovine and a pig argent.
In the background hills with a lake azure and a field vert.
II. The shield
supported left by a maize plant vert and right by a soybean plant vert and or
superimposed by a cogwheel tied by a scroll azure inscribed "08-12 QUINZE DE
NOVEMBRO 1987".
III. The shield surmounted by a three-towered mural crown or
representing the powers: Executive, Legislative and Judiciary.
Article 3.
The coat of arms has the following detailed description.
- The handshake
represents union aimed at emancipation and future of the community's people. The
fleurs-de-lis are a symbol of honor and transparent truth in every act of the
administrators. The cross is a symbol of religious feeling and faith. In the
center, the sun represents life, while the Southern Cross in the nightly sky
represents culture and prudence. The tree represents the first settlers who
created, with faith and work, and built the community's foundations.
Superimposed to the landscape, the animals represent the cattle-breeding
resources in the municipality. Maize, wheat and soybean represent agriculture as
the settlement's source of income. The cogwheel represents industry and
commerce.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/q/quinze-de-novembro/lei-ordinaria/1989/3/38/lei-ordinaria-n-38-1989-cria-e-institui-o-escudo-d-armas-brasao-do-municipio-de-quinze-de-novembro-rs-estabelece-a-descricao-do-mesmo-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/pm.quinzedenovembro/photos/
https://www.facebook.com/pm.quinzedenovembro/photos/
https://www.facebook.com/pm.quinzedenovembro/photos/
Ivan Sache, 2 August 2020
