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Netanya (Israel)

Iriyat Netanya, Municipality of Netanya

image by Dov Gutterman | 2:3

Coat-of-arms adopted 22nd October 1959

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The emblem features as the central motif on the town's flag, usually set against an orange background, symbolising the citrus industry and the orange groves growing near the town. (Hebrew Wikipedia)

Description
Coat of Arms
- Previous Version (1951–2015)

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Description

Netanya is situated on the seashore between Tel Aviv and Hadera. It is the major city in the Sharon region, once nicknamed City of Diamonds after the many diamond-cut factories in this town. It was established 1928 and named after the philantrop Nathan Strauss. It has 175'000 inh.
The unofficial flag is orange with the emblem in blue, proportions 2:3. The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot, Yalkut HaPirsumim), YP 706, 22 October 1959.
From the book Netanya: A Story of a City, sent to me by the municipality (my translation):

Netanya's municipal emblem was designed by Ya'akov Tzimberknopf (Tzim) in 1951. Each component of the emblem shows some characteristic of the city:

The symbol of the city is the flower Havatzelet HaSharon [Sharon lilly?] flourishing along the seashore cliff.

The emblem's background is a shield, symbolizing Netanya's defensive value.

The smoke chimneys at the top of the emblem symbolize the developed industry in the city.

The sea waves, right and left of the flower, symbolize the sea in whose shores the city is situated, and thanks to whose natural value it became one of the most famous touristic cities in the country.

The diamond, appearing in the shape of polished Magen David is a symbol of the developed diamond industry in Netanya, which provided the city with the title City of Diamonds.

The colours of the emblem are blue and white. The background colour to the city emblem and flag is orange, the color of the oranges growing in the Sharon region citrus plants.

Sources: letter from Ms. Mira Asaf, City Archives Manager, 4 September 2001.

Dov Gutterman, 27 September 2001

Havatzelet HaSharon is the 'Rose of Sharon' in English, as in Song of Solomon 2:1.
Dean R. Mc Gee, 27 September 2001

The flower of Havatzelet HaSharon is really Havatzelet HaHof (pancratium maritimum) [retrieved].
The emblem appeared on a stamp issued on 9 July 1969. Its description at municipal site [retrieved] is quite the same as above.
More information on Netanya at Netanya heritage site [retrieved].
Dov Gutterman, 29 May 2005

Coat of Arms

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From Hebrew Wikipedia:

The coat of arms of the city of Netanya is the municipality's official emblem, which is used by the city's municipal institutions. Until 2015, the city used the 1951 coat of arms designed by Yaakov Zim; in 2015, a new coat of arms was designed, which turned out to be a copy and was subsequently scrapped. It was then decided to revert to the original coat of arms, slightly modified and rebranded under the slogan "Israel's Riviera".

The background of the emblem is designed in the shape of a shield, symbolising Netanya's strategic importance (as it lies 15 km from Tulkarm, and without it there would be an unbroken Arab territorial continuum stretching to the Mediterranean Sea). At its centre is an illustration of the Sharon lily, which grows along Netanya's coastal cliffs. At the top of the emblem, the chimneys symbolise the city's developed industrial sector. The waves depicted in the emblem symbolise the sea on whose shores the city lies, whilst the diamond in the centre symbolises the city's once-thriving diamond industry.
The colours of the emblem are blue and white, the colours of the Israeli flag.
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Previous Version (1951–2015)

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From Hebrew Wikipedia:

The town's first coat of arms was designed in 1951 by Yaakov Zim and was used by the town until 2015. The coat of arms currently in use is a redesigned version of this one, which incorporates the colour orange to symbolise the city's former citrus farming industry. This coat of arms was featured on an Israel Post stamp issued on 9 July 1969 with a face value of 0.40 Lirot, designed by the Shamir brothers.
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