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The first name is the official Romanian name, in the brackets is the Hungarian name if it is official (more than 20% is minority).
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The flag of Covasna (Kov�szna) County was adopted by the Council of the County
on 19th December 2007. All of the Hungarian members of the
council voted it, Romanians sit down hard on it. The prefecture
(executive bureau of the county) proceeded against the flag. Today
(2008.02.29) the president of the Council of Kov�szna County, J�nos
Demeter (RMDSZ) decided the intermittance of the decree about the
flag
of the county for 30 days.
The decree of the President of the Council of Kov�szna County can be found at
(in H�romsz�k daily newspaper in Hungarian):
http://www.3szek.ro/modules.php?name=3szek&id=7161. The period of the
intermittance: 2008.02.20 - 2008.03.20.
The flag used the colours of the Coat of
Arms of Kov�szna County - Blue and gold. Stripes: Blue-gold-blue
1-3-1. These colours relate to the traditional Sz�kely colours and the
historical Sz�kely flags too.
The Coat of Arms is the historical
coat of arms of the H�romsz�k district of the Sz�kely Land until 1876.
H�romsz�k county of Hungary (1876-1920, 1940-1944) and Treiscaune County of
Romania (1920-1940) used this coat of arms too. In 1968, when Ceausescu renewed
the counties of Romania, the county has got a new name from Kov�szna
(Covasna in Romanian) town.
About the Historical name of the county:
H�romsz�k means Three Districts (in Hungarian). The historical
district was the union of the traditional Sepsi District (district seat
was: Sepsiszentgy�rgy), K�zdi district (district seat: K�zdiv�s�rhely)
and Orbai District (district seat: Kov�szna). Sz�kelys of Sepsisz�k
steamed from Sebes town (later Sz�szsebes (M�hlbach), Saxon Lands,
Transylvania, now Sebis), Sz�kelys of K�zdisz�k steamed from K�zd town
(later Sz�szk�zd, (Keisd), Saxon Lands, Transylvania, now Saschiz),
and Sz�kelys of Orbaisz�k steamed from Orb� (later Sz�szorb�, (Urwegen),
Saxon Lands, Transylvania, now G�rbova). The fourth district of the Three
Districts - Mikl�sv�rsz�k (District Castle of Nicholaus) united later.
((Members of the council of Kov�szna (Covasna) County: UDMR - RMDSZ
(Hungarian) - 25 PSD (Romanian) - 4 PD (Romanian) - 2))
Sources:
Kov�szna County adopted its
flag (in Hungarian in Erdely.ma -
http://www.erdely.ma/kisregio.php?id=30947)
County flag is pending. (in
Hungarian in Erdely.ma -
http://www.erdely.ma/kisregio.php?id=33660)
Members of the Council of Kov�szna County (in Romanian on the Home Page of
the county - http://www.covasna.info.ro/html/consilieri.html)
Moln�r Istv�n, 29 February 2008
image by Moln�r Istv�n, 29 February 2008
You can see the Coat of Arms of Covasna County here:
http://consjud.covasna.ro/consiliu/kovaszna.htm