The coat of arms of Bojt

Bojt is a village in Hajdú-Bihar County, within the district of Berettyóújfalu.

Coat of Arms Description

The shield is of a pointed base type with inward-curving sides, and its field is blue. On the heraldic left side, there is a silver ploughshare turned with its edge inward; on the heraldic right side, there is a silver coulter, also turned with its edge inward.

The ploughshare and the coulter are taken from the village’s historical coat of arms, used for centuries, and symbolize its agricultural character.

Location

Bojt lies on the left bank of the Kis-Körös River, geographically situated in the northern part of the Bihar Plain.

Its immediate neighboring settlements are: Hencida to the north, Kismarja to the northeast, Nagykereki to the east, Bedő to the southeast, Biharkeresztes to the south, Váncsod to the west, and Gáborján to the northwest.

History

The name Bojt is already mentioned in the 13th-century Várad Register. In 1452 it appeared as Both, and later as Boytin contemporary documents. In 1447, it was recorded as the property of the Tholdy family.

In 1552, the village was owned by Gáspár Bojthy, Péter Thorday, Antal Poják, and László Zenyesi. In 1732, it was listed as the property of András Beleznay, Mihály Tholdalaghy, and Ferenc Rákossy. The village also included the uninhabited lands of Kékes, Lányi, and Tokaj.

Kékes was once an independent village; in 1319, Benedek, Bishop of Csanád, and his relatives were landowners there.

Source of the original image:
https://www.nemzetijelkepek.hu/onkormanyzati-cimerek
(the site has since been discontinued)

Text source: Wikipedia