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Polish Civic Heraldry

GOŁDAP

Province: Warmia i Mazury
County : Gołdap

Coat of arms of Gołdap / Herb Gołdapi

Origin/meaning:
The arms were officially granted on May 14, 1570 by Margrave Albrecht Friedrich von Brandenburg, and have since only been slightly modified.

The red eagle is the eagle of Brandenburg, the quartered shield the arms of the Hohenzollern dynasty, to which the margrave belonged. The S is probably a wrong interpretation of the Gothic letter F, one of the initials of the Margrave.

The arms above are those as used by the city, but during the years there have been many variations of the arms, with different colours, letters and or with the eagle facing left, instead of facing right as used as present.
Coat of arms of Gołdap / Herb Gołdapi
The arns as shown by Hupp in 1894 and the Coffee Hag albums (1918/27)
Coat of arms of Gołdap / Herb Gołdapi
The arms as shown in a book from 1963, with wrong colours and the letters AS.
Coat of arms of Gołdap / Herb Gołdapi
The arms as shown in a book from the 1960s (?), with wrong colours and the letters AS.
Coat of arms of Gołdap / Herb Gołdapi
The arms as shown in 1994 with the eagle facing left.

Literature : Plewako and Wanag, 1994; Hupp, 1894; Szczechura, 1963


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