Brzeg

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BRZEG

Province: Opole
County: Brzeg

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted on December 21, 1978 and changed on October 26, 2012.

The arms of the city show three anchors combined to a kind of wheel. Originally the arms showed three wolf-hooks or wolf-clamps according to a manuscript from 1374. 14^th century images of the arms also seem to indicate that this may be true. Since the early 15^th century the arms are described as three anchors, whereas the present symbol appears in the 16^th century. The arms have not changed since.

The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925	The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)
The arms in the Continentale Verlags-Anstalt album, +/- 1910	The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms as shown in 1963	The arms from 1978-2012