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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-obdss.gif) 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Aug 2024 |
![[]](../images/p/pt-obdss2.gif) 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 30 Jan 2026 |
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Aug 2024
![[Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa united commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-obdss).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 30 Jan 2026
Shield Or a pillory Sable flanked by two cork oaks eradicated Vert fructed Or and peeled Gules,
on chief an inescutcheon Azure charged with 11 plated ordered 3:2:3:2:1 flanked by two crescents recumbent Gules,
issuant from base an aqueduct Sable masoned Argent with three arches.
Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank)
and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "SANTA MARIA, SÃO PEDRO E SOBRAL DA LAGOA"
or "ÓBIDOS E SOBRAL DA LAGOA" (see right flag image at top).
Meaning:
Inescutcheon and crescent are taken from the municipal arms, the aqueduct from the arms of former São Pedro Commune, the cork oaks from those of former Sobral da Lagoa Commune,
finally the pillory from those of former Santa Maria Commune.
T
hese arms were designed by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Aug 2024 and António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 Jan 2026
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 8 May 2015, see here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Aug 2024
Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa, also known as Óbidos e Sobral da Lagoa, was the only commune of Óbidos Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes.
It had 3819 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 36,59 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Aug 2024
![[Santa Maria commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-obdss-sm.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2016
![[Santa Maria commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-obdss-sm).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 1 Feb 2026
Shield Azure, a pillory Argent flanked by two fleur-de-lis Or,
on chief the Portugal ancient inescutcheon, Azure fimbriated Argent and charged with 11 plates ordered 3:2:3:2:1 between two crescents recumbent Argent.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "SANTA MARIA - ÓBIDOS".
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 12 October 1996, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Feb 2026
Santa Maria was one of the pre-2013 communes of Óbidos Municipality; it had 2032 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 21,7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2016
![[São Pedro commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-obdss-sp.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Sérgio Horta,
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Aug 2024
![[São Pedro commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-obdss-sp).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 28 Jan 2026
Shield Gules, a pair of keys in saltire - the bendy one Argent and the sinister bendy one Or - tied Argent, in chief the Portugal Ancient inescutcheon, Azure fimbriated Argent and charged with 11 plates ordered 3:2:3:2:1 between two crescents recumbent Argent, in base a throughout aqueduct Argent masoned Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "ÓBIDOS - SÃO PEDRO".
Meaning:
The crossed keys are an attribute of St. Peter, name giver and local patron saint. Inescutcheon and crescents are taken from the municipal arms.
The motive in chief, an escutcheon with roundels between two crescents, is borrowed from the municipal arms and is common to most communes in Óbidos municipality.
The aqueduct shown on the arms refers to an aqueduct built in 1570, which brought water to the town from southeast, throughout the territory of this commune,
which extended territorially from the town centre to the southeast, see this image
This coat of arms (and flag) were created by noted Portuguese heraldist José Bénard Guedes.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2016 and António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Jan 2026
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 April 2000,
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Aug 2024
São Pedro was one of the pre-2013 communes of Óbidos Municipality; it had 1308 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10,25 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2016
![[Sobral da Lagoa commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-obdss-sl.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Aug 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a quartered red and white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2010
![[Sobral da Lagoa commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-obdss-sl).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Aug 2010
Shield Argent a bundle of three arrows Sable pointing upwards tied Gules, flanked by two cork oaks Vert peeled Gules, on a base wavy Vert two barrulets wavy Argent,
on chief between two upwards pointing crescents Gules an inescutcheon Azure ten plates ordered 2:3:2:3.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SOBRAL DA LAGOA".
Meaning:
"Sobral da Lagoa" means "cork oak wood (grove) of the lagoon", the latter being Óbidos Lagoon (Lagoa de Óbidos), the arms reflect these meanings in the oaks and green waves. Thus the lagoon is considered a part of the sea, because the commune has no direct access to the sea. The bunch of arrows stands for the local conterminous and once identical Catholic parish patron and eponymical Saint Sebastian. Inescutcheon and crescents refer to the municipal arms of Óbidos.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2010
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 16 August 1995, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2010
Sobral da Lagoa is one of the pre-2013 communes of Óbidos Municipality; it had 439 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 4.7 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2010
back to Óbidos Communes click here
