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image by Ivan Sache,
5 August 2020
The municipality of Sapiranga (79,946 inhabitants in 2016; 13,803 ha) is
located 60 km north-east of Porto Alegre. The municipality is composed of the
districts of Sapiranga (seat), Campo Vicente and Picada Hartz, established by
Municipal Law No. 34 promulgated on 29 July 1955.
Sapiranga was
established on Fazenda Padre Eterno in 1845 by the German immigrants João
Hofmeister and Pedro Müller on plots located near Ferrabrás hill.
The town,
originally named Sapyranga, is named for "araçá-piranga", the Tupi-Guarani name
of the tree Eugenia leitonii, once very common in the area.
Ferrabrás hill was the site of the Mucker's Battle (or Revolt), a violent
religious and social conflict that opposed colonists from 1868 to 1874. Jacobina
Mentz and João Jorge Mauer established a kind of sect in the colony, soon called
"Mucker" (Mockers) by their opponents. Accused of attacks against other
communities in the region, Jacobina and João were jailed in May 1873 in São
Leopoldo; they were released after medical examinations in Porto Alegre. In June
1874, the Mucker's Battle resulted in the burning down of houses and shops while
people were killed. Upon public pressure, the state government sent infantry
troops commanded by Colonel Genuino Sampaio to pacify the area. During the first
skirmish, fought on 28 June 1874, 39 soldiers and 6 insurgents were killed. On
18 July, 18 insurgents were slaughtered; Jacobina entrenched on Ferrabrás hill
with some of her sons; during the assault, Sampaio was shot and died a few days
later from an hemorrhage.
The final battle was fought on 2 August 1874, when
Carlos Luppa and his brothers in arms were killed. The surviving insurgents were
jailed or persecuted.
Originally considered as a fanatic, Jacobina became
with time the iconic defender of a persecuted minority. To settle controversies,
a Reconciliation Memorial was established in 2008 in Ferrabrás.
The
municipality of Sapiranga was established by State Law No. 2,529 promulgated on
15 December 1954, separating from São Leopoldo, and inaugurated on 28 February
1955.
http://www.sapiranga.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache,
5 August 2020
A green-white-green horizontal triband, with municipal coat of arms centred on the white stripe.
Official website at
http://www.sapiranga.rs.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 15 April 2012
The flag of Sapiranga is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 916 promulgated on 8
April 1974.
Article 1.
The municipal flag is composed of three
horizontal stripes, two of the flag green and the central, white; in the center,
the coat of arms of the municipality prescribed by Municipal Law No. 473
promulgated on 22 September 1962.
Article 2.
The official dimensions
of the flag are 1.13 m on 1.61, obeying the following rules.
a) The two flag
green stripes shall be 38 cm in width.
b) The central whit stripe shall be 37
cm in width.
c) The coat of arms of the municipality placed in the flag's
center shall be 50 cm in diameter.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/s/sapiranga/lei-ordinaria/1974/92/916/lei-ordinaria-n-916-1974-oficializa-a-bandeira-municipal-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Sapiranga is prescribed
by Municipal Law No. 473 promulgated on 22 September 1962.
Article 1.
The coat of arms of the municipality is composed of a shield superimposed to a
scroll inscribed with the municipality's date of inauguration and name,
surmounted by a castle and surrounded in lower part by two branches of roses
represented as flowers. On top in the background, the Ferrabrás hill; in the
center a factory representing industry; in base, a tractor with discs
representing the municipality's agriculture.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/s/sapiranga/lei-ordinaria/1962/48/473/lei-ordinaria-n-473-1962-oficializa-o-brasao-do-municipio
Leis Municipais database
The flag is used either with the coat of
arms inscribed on a white disk outlined in black,br
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraSapiranga/photos/a.436383116431922/3097544576982416/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraSapiranga/photos/a.436383116431922/3698621600208041/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraSapiranga/photos/a.436383116431922/3389265001143704/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraSapiranga/photos/a.801133293290234/2207034202700129/?type=3&theater
oor with a much larger coat of arms placed directly over the stripes
image by Ivan Sache,
5 August 2020
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraSapiranga/photos/a.436383116431922/3056292644440943/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraSapiranga/photos/a.436383116431922/2860294200707456/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraSapiranga/photos/a.436383116431922/2315059505230931/?type=3&theater
Ivan Sache, 5 August 2020
image by Ivan Sache,
5 August 2020
The flag of EMEF Waldemar Carlos Jaeger is horizontally divided
orange-white-orange with the school's emblem in the center.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraSapiranga/photos/a.436383116431922/3097543960315811/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraSapiranga/photos/a.436383116431922/2857809080955968/?type=3&theater
http://www.sapiranga.rs.gov.br/noticia/view/383/emef-waldemar-carlos-jaeger-vence-a-gincana-de-50-anos-do-cfc-valderez-de-sapiranga
Ivan Sache,
5 August 2020