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Herbarz Miast Polskich
Polish Civic Heraldry

CHOJNICE

Province: Kujawy i Pomorze
County : Chojnice
Coat of arms of Chojnice - Herb Chojnic

Origin/meaning:
The bull's head already appears on the oldest known seal, dating from the 13th century. The next seals also show the head. On a seal dating from the end of the 16th century there is a flower between the horns. The stars appear first as crosses in a seal dating from 1593. Not until the middle of the 19th century the stars replace the crosses. After 1945 the stars were again replaced by the rose. The origin of the head, rose and the stars is not known.

Coat of arms of Chojnice - Herb Chojnic
The arns as shown in the Kaffee Hag album (1918)
Coat of arms of Chojnice - Herb Chojnic
The arms as shown in the 1950s
Coat of arms of Chojnice - Herb Chojnic
The arms as shown in a book from 1963
Coat of arms of Chojnice - Herb Chojnic
The arms as shown in 1994

Literature : Hupp 1898; Plenako and Wanag, 1994; Szczechura, 1963


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