Herbarz Miast Polskich Polish Civic Heraldry

WŁOCŁAWEK

Province: Kujawy i Pomorze

Origin/meaning:
These are the original arms of the city, which can be found in the documents starting from the 14^th century. The city walls show the urban character of the settlement, the bishop's mitre displays the founder and owner of the town, the Bishops of Wloclawek.

In 1950, due to the christian-catholic character of the arms, it was changed by the communist authorities into the form shown below. The mitre was removed, and the arms with half-lion, half-eagle, symbolizing the province of Kujawy, were added. The original form of the arms has been re-established in 1990, but the previous ones were still shown in 1994. On the three differnet versions of the arms with the provincial arms, the small shield differs between all three; the 1963 version has the arms in one colour and the roof of the gate in blue, the 1994 versio and the 1980s version differ in the colours of the nails and tongue of the lion.

The arms as shown in 1963

The arms as shown in 1994

The arms as shown in the late 1980s

Literature : Image from wikipedia, 1980s image obtained from Laszlo Szirtes, Hungary, Szczechura, 1963; Plenako and Wanag, 1994

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