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Danmarks Kommunevåbener
Danish Civic Heraldry

BOGENSE

Region : Syddanmark
Amt (until 2007) : Fyn (until 1970 Odense)
Additions : 1970 Bogense Landdistrikt, Grindløse, Guldbjerg, Klinte, Nørre Sandager, Ore, Skovby
Incorporated into: 2007 Nordfyn

Våben af Bogense

Origin/meaning:
The arms are known from a seal dating from 1535. The arms show a ship as a symbol for the fact that the city is a harbour town. All later seals and arms have shown the ship. The arms are now used by the Nordfyn municipality.

Våben af Bogense
Seal of Bogense from 1535.
Våben af Bogense
Seal of Bogense from 1608.
Våben af Bogense
The arms on a banner from 1898 (in : Den Fynske Landby)
 
Våben af Vordingborg
The arms as shown in the Kaffe Hag album from the 1930s.
Våben af Vordingborg
The arms as shown on a cigarette card from 1926

Literature : Achen, 1982; Ewe, 1972; Grandjean, 1937


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