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image by Molnár István, 29 February 2008The 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 (Kovászna) 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 Kovászna County, János
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 Kovászna County can be found at
(in Háromszék 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 Kovászna County - Blue and gold. Stripes: Blue-gold-blue
1-3-1. These colours relate to the traditional Székely colours and the
historical Székely flags too.
The Coat of Arms is the historical
coat of arms of the Háromszék district of the Székely Land until 1876.
Háromszék 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 Kovászna
(Covasna in Romanian) town.
About the Historical name of the county:
Háromszék means Three Districts (in Hungarian). The historical
district was the union of the traditional Sepsi District (district seat
was: Sepsiszentgyörgy), Kézdi district (district seat: Kézdivásárhely)
and Orbai District (district seat: Kovászna). Székelys of Sepsiszék
steamed from Sebes town (later Szászsebes (Mühlbach), Saxon Lands,
Transylvania, now Sebis), Székelys of Kézdiszék steamed from Kézd town
(later Szászkézd, (Keisd), Saxon Lands, Transylvania, now Saschiz),
and Székelys of Orbaiszék steamed from Orbó (later Szászorbó, (Urwegen),
Saxon Lands, Transylvania, now Gârbova). The fourth district of the Three
Districts - Miklósvárszék (District Castle of Nicholaus) united later.
((Members of the council of Kovászna (Covasna) County: UDMR - RMDSZ
(Hungarian) - 25 PSD (Romanian) - 4 PD (Romanian) - 2))
Sources:
Kovászna 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 Kovászna County (in Romanian on the Home Page of
the county - http://www.covasna.info.ro/html/consilieri.html)
Molnár István, 29 February 2008
![[Covasna flag]](../images/r/ro-cv2.gif)
image by Molnár István, 29 February 2008
You can see the Coat of Arms of Covasna County here:
http://consjud.covasna.ro/consiliu/kovaszna.htm