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![[Flag of
Ibirama, SC (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-sc-108.gif)
image by Dirk Schönberger,
17 June 2012
Source:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bandeira_Ibirama_SantaCatarina_Brasil2.jpg
The municipality of Ibirama (18,271 inhabitants in 2017; 24,671 ha) is
located 220 km of Florianópolis.
The municipality is composed of the
districts of Ibirama (seat) and Dalbérgia.
Ibirama was established in
1897 by Sociedade Colonizadora Hanseática, from Hamburg, on plots conceded by
the government of Santa Catarina. The director, A.W. Sellin, and engineer Emílio
Odebrecht selected a site to found the colony of Hansa-Harmônia. The first
settlers, Willy Luderwald and his wife, arrived in June 1899, were joined at the
end of the year by the Engelhardt, Kitzenger, Ochmanne and Wagner families.
The district of Harmônia was established, as part of Blumenau, by Municipal Law
No. 60 promulgated on 2 March 1912. The municipality of Dalbérgia was
established by State Decree No. 498 promulgated on 17 February 1934 an
inaugurated on 2 March 1934. Renamed to Harmônia by State Decree No. 1
promulgated on 7 May 1935, the municipality was eventually renamed to Ibarama,
for Tupi-Guarani words meaning "land of plenty". by State Decree-Law No. 941
promulgated on 31 December 1943.
https://www.ibirama.sc.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 3 November 2021
A vertical tricolour, red-white-green, with the municipal arms in the centre.
Official website at
http://www.ibirama.sc.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 17 June 2012
The flag of Ibirama is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 547 promulgated on 21
May 1968.
The flag has for official dimensions 1.35 m on 1.15 m, being
divided in three fields of 0.54 m x 1.15 m each, red, white and green.
Green
symbolizes the national flag while red symbolizes the state flag. The central
white field is charged with the municipal coat of arms.
The coat of arms
of Ibirama is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 517 promulgated on 16 November
1967. It was designed by Mayor Carlos Pabst and photographer Martin Schmölz.
The shield id divided into four quarters, surmounted by a masoned crown
symbolizing administrative unity and municipal security. The upper left part
features the arms of the Brazilian Federative Republic. The upper right part
features the arms of the Sociedade Colonizadora Hanseática, the German imperial
eagle representing Germanic colonization [the quarter also features Hamburg's
castle and Bremen's key]. In the lower left part, the bow and arrow symbolize
native people who lived in the region, joint with a colonist plowing the soil.
The lower right part features a map with rivers, Brazilian pines and palm
trees, recalling the territory's geography and forests.
The shield is
surrounded by tobacco and wheat plants, in base by an axe and an industrial
cogwheel, representing the local sources of income.
In the shield's center,
date "8 novembro 1897" recalls the beginning of the municipality's
colonization. Beneath the shield, the scroll is inscribed with the Latin motto
"Amor glebae et labor vincunt", reading "Love for the soil and work shall
triumph".
https://www.ibirama.sc.gov.br/simbolos-do-municipio
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 3 November 2021
