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7 August 2020
The municipality of Três Cachoeiras (10,239 inhabitants in 2010; 25,048 ha)
is located 180 km north-east of Porto Alegre. The municipality is composed of
the districts of Três Cachoeiras (seat), Rio do Terra, Morro Azul, and Vila
Fernando Ferrari.
Três Cachoeiras was named around 1605 / 1615 by
travelers from São Paulo for the three waterfalls ("três cachoeiras") located 80
m from each other north of the town, falling down from the Pereiras' Hill. A
visitor engraved on a big tree the letters "T.C." and two crosses, which were
subsequently used as a landmark.
The place was settled in 1820 by 15 Azorean
families; in 1826, German immigrants established the São Pedro and Três
Forquilhas colonies. Três Cachoeiras was organized in 1907 by José Felipe
Schaeffer; a first mass was celebrated in his house in 1910, while a chapel was
built in 1923. Schaeffer erected himself the first school in the region.
The
district of Três Cachoeiras was established within the municipality of Torres by
Municipal Law No. 452 promulgated on 9 July 1956, pushed by Councillor Getúlio
Torres.
The municipality of Três Cachoeiras was established by State Law No.
8,578 promulgated on 29 April 1988, separating from Torres, and inaugurated on 1
January 1989.
https://www.trescachoeiras.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 7 August 2020
A red-white-green vertical tricolour, with the municipal arms in the centre.
Official website at
http://www.trescachoeiras.rs.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 26 April 2012
The flag and arms of Três Cachoeiras are prescribed by Municipal Law No.
1,335 promulgated on 26 December 2012.
Article 3.
The coat of arms of
the municipality shall obey the following shape and description.
I - A
classical French shield, quartered, charged as follows.
a) In the center a
fess sable placed diagonally from sinister to dexter, outlined in white and
dotted in white in the center, symbolizing road BR 101 that crosses the
municipality from north to south.
b) In chief, or upper part, an accentuated
topographic height covered with vegetation in two shades of vert with contrast
sable and or, forming three peaks, in their cracks falling downhill the three
waterfalls ["três cachoeiros"] for which the place was named.
c) Above the
peaks and as background, the blue of the sky azure with clouds in characteristic
silver color.
d) In the lower part, sinister on a golden background a
cogwheel sable, symbolizing local industry, mostly furniture, and the produced
income.
e) Dexter in foreground a transport vehicle with the cockpit gules
and a metallic body outlined sable, symbolizing one of the municipality's main
sources of income.
f) In the background a lagoon azure as one of the most
striking geographical features of the region with hills vert on a background
sable and a sky azure with clouds argent.
II - As outer elements:
a)
Sinister to the shield, a plant of an herb of Family Musaceae, variety Cavendish
[the most commonly grown banana worldwide] with leaves vert torn by wind and a
bunch of fruit or outlined sable.
b) Dexter to the shield, a Solanaceae plant
Lycopersicum [tomato] grown on traditional grid support with ripe fruit
gules and leaves vert, symbolizing the two main products of local agriculture.
III- The shield surmounted by:
a) Shaped like a crown, three towers or
outlined sable symbolizing the municipality's political sovereignty and its
rank.
b) Beneath the shield a scroll gules outlined sable inscribed argent
"29.04 Três Cachoeiras 1988", the date of the Law creating the municipality.
IV - The shield shall be of 5 units in width on 3.5 units in length.
V - The
scroll shall be of 5.7 units on 0.8 unit, distant 0.3 units from the lower
point; the crown shall be 1.8 units on 3.5 units.
VI - The lateral plants
shall be 0.9 unit, distant of 0.1 unit from the shield's lateral side, forming a
coat of arms of 8 units in width on 6.7 units in length.
Article 5.
The flag of the municipality of Três Cachoeiras shall have for official colors
red, white and flag green, arranged in three vertical stripes, the first stripe
of 6 units, the second of 8 units, and the third of 6 units.
Article 6.
The features of the flag shall obey the following rules.
I - The flag's width
is 14 units.
III - The flag's length is 20 units.
IV - The three vertical
stripes of different colors have a length of 6 units for the first, 8 units for
the second, and 6 units for the third, arranged as follows:
V - Red in the
stripe closed to the hoist, white in the central stripe, and flag green in the
opposed stripe.
VI - In the flag's central stripe shall be placed the coat of
arms, in the proportions prescribed in Article 3.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/t/tres-cachoeiras/lei-ordinaria/2012/133/1335/lei-ordinaria-n-1335-2012-dispoe-sobre-a-consolidacao-das-leis-de-incentivo-a-cultura-do-municipio-de-tres-cachoeiras
Leis Municipais database
The symbols were originally prescribed, with
the same wording (except the explicit mention of "banana" and "tomato"), by
Municipal Law No. 79 promulgated on 6 March 1990.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/t/tres-cachoeiras/lei-ordinaria/1990/7/79/lei-ordinaria-n-79-1990-institui-o-brasao-e-a-bandeira-como-simbolos-do-municipio-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
Ivan Sache, 7 August 2020