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Veµké Orvi¹»e flag
![[Velké Orviste flag]](../images/s/sk-pn-vo.gif)
by Ivan Sache, 11 Jan 2001, after image from this
site, reported by Jarig Bakker, 11 Jan 2001
This municipality in Pie¹»any district is c. 70 km NE of Bratislava.
This is probably one of the first municipality flags, referring to a CoA
from 1780/90, in which St. Hubert is portrayed adoring a deer with a cross
on its head between the antlers.
Jarig Bakker, 11 Jan 2001
Veµké Orvi¹»e (Hungarian: Nagyõrvistye) was a Slovakian village in Pöstyén
(Slovakian Pie¹»any) district of Nyitra (Slovakian: Nitra) county of Hungary
till 1918/1920 (Declaration of Martin). 1920-1938 Czechoslovakian, 1939-1945
Slovakian, and 1945-1992 Czechoslovakian.
István Molnár, 13 Jan 2001
Veµké Orvi¹»e CoA
![[Velké Orviste Coat of Arms]](../images/s/sk-pn)vo.gif)
image from this site,
reported by Jarig Bakker, 11 Jan 2001