Coat of arms of the Pomeranian Voivodeship
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The resolution regarding the coat of arms of the Pomeranian Voivodeship was taken on by the Sejmik of the Pomeranian Voivodship in Gdańsk.
On a yellow background, the image of a black Griffin of Pomeranian-Wendish origin, with raised wings and a red tongue out of the mouth.
The first example of the coat of arms is a 16th-century image of the griffin, which is in the presbytery of the Oliwa Cathedral.
The image of the black griffin looking towards the right, on a yellow background, is also known for being the coat of arms of Kashubians. Therefore, these two coats of arms are often identified; according to some sources, as being one and an identical coat of arms.
The creator of the coat of arms is Wawrzyniec Samp.
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Between the years of 1454 and 1795, the coat of arms of the Pomeranian Voivodship was represented by a red griffin on a white background.
Second Polish Republic
The coat of arms did alter substantially, "the coat of arms still included a red griffin looking to the left on a white background. The front legs were positioned as if they were to run, wings as if they were preparing to flight, the tongue was hanging out, and a crown on the head". There was a certain amount of controversy regarding the griffin being the coat of arms, as the former Chełmińskie Voivodeship had now been incorporated within the Pomeranian Voivodeship, whose coat of arms was a sworded eagle.
Historical
- Seal of Swietopelk II, 1228
- Malbork Voivodeship
- Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)
- West Prussia
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- Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939)
- Gdańsk Voivodeship (1996-1998)
- Pomeranian Voivodeship (2008-2010)
- Pomeranian Voivodeship (2010-)
Heraldry
Kashubian Griffin in heraldry:
- Popular coat of arms of Kashubia
- On the coat of arms of Duchy of Pomerania
- On the coat of arms of Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Old coat of arms of Kashubia
Kashubian Griffin on coats of arms of Polish cities and towns:
- Kartuzy
- Szczecinek
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- Augustów Voivodeship
- Chełmno Voivodeship
- Central Lithuania
- Congress Poland
- Duchy of Czersk
- Kalisz Voivodeship
- Kashubia
- Kociewie
- Sandomierz Voivodeship
- Silesia
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Pomerania
- Prussia
heraldry
- Heraldic clan
- Heraldic adoption
- Indygenat
- Test of Nobility
- Skartabellat
- Armorial of Polish nobility
- Polish coats of arms
- Polish heraldists
- Szlachta
- List of Polish titled nobility