User:Artemis Andromeda/sandbox/Coat of arms of the Chełmno Voivodeship
Design[edit]
The coat of arms depicted a black eagle, with a golden (yellow) crown on its neck, from which reaches a arm in silver armour, holding a sword above the head of the bird, turned to the viewer's left. It is placed on a white (silver) background.[1]
Alternative version of the coat of arms of the Chełmno Voivodeship depicted a white eagle, with a golden (yellow) crown on its neck, from which reaches a arm in silver armour, holding a sword above the head of the bird, turned to the viewer's left. It is placed on a red background.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
Kingdom of Poland[edit]
The voivodeship of Chełmno of the Kingdom of Poland was established in an 1454 order of king Casimir IV Jagiellon. It begun functioning in 1466, following the signing of the Second Peace of Thorn. The king had also established their coat of arms.[4][3]
There were two known versions of the coat of arms, that served as the symbol of the voivodeship. One depicted a black eagle, with a golden (yellow) crown on its neck, from which reaches a arm in silver armour, holding a sword above the head of the bird, turned to the viewer's left. It is placed on a white (silver) background. Other version depicted a white eagle, with a golden (yellow) crown on its neck, from which reaches a arm in silver armour, holding a sword above the head of the bird, turned to the viewer's left. It is placed on a red background.[1]ref name=chelm/>[3]
Such coat of arms was also the symbol of the Malbork Voivodeship, and Royal Prussia.[3]
The Chełmno Voivodeship, ceased to exist in 1793, during the Second Partition of Poland.[5]
Second Republic of Poland[edit]
Third Republic of Poland[edit]
The coat of arms of the Toruń Voivodeship had been adopted on 12 May 1995, and remained in use until 31 December 1998, when the voivodeship ceased to exist. It consisted of the red Iberian-style escutcheon (shield), with square top and pointed bottom. It featured a white (silver) eagle with raised wings, and its head turned right. It had orange (golden) beak, tongue, and legs. On his chest was placed an orange (golden) crown, with his head going through it. From its back, on its right, was coming out a hand in the steel armor, holding a sword, over its head. They had grey colour.[6] The voivodeship ceased to exist on 31 December 1998.[7]
- ^ a b c Kasper Niesiecki: Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego S.J. Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, 1979.
- ^ Województwo Chełmińskie. In: Z. Gloger: Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski, second edition, Kraków, 1903, 4th paragraph.
- ^ a b c d Dominic Szulc: Pisma Dominika Szulca, 1854, p. 197.
- ^ Zdzisław Kaczmarczyk, Bogusław Leśnodorski: Historia państwa i prawa Polski. T. II: od połowy XV wieku do r. 1795. Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1966, p. 161.
- ^ "Inventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment". Book review. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. 1994. ISBN 0-804-72314-1. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ Rozporządzeniem Nr 19/95 Wojewody Toruńskiego z dnia 12 maja 1995 r. w sprawie ustanowienia herbu województwa toruńskiego. 12 May 1995. Toruń. In: 1995 Journal of Laws of the Toruń Voivodeship, no. 8, position 77. Toruń. 1995.
- ^ Ustawa z dnia 24 lipca 1998 r. o wprowadzeniu zasadniczego trójstopniowego podziału terytorialnego państwa, In: 1998 Journal of the Laws, no. 96, position 603).