Racibórz

Country : Poland Province : Śląsk County : Racibórz br> Former name : Ratibor Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.089100000000001955413608811795711517333984375,"lon":18.22070000000000078443918027915060520172119140625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms of the city show the eagle of Upper Silezia and a wheel. The wheel is a canting element in German, Rad=wheel (German name was Ratibor). The combination is known from a seal dating from 1296 and has not changed since.

During the 19th and 20^th century the eagle was shown in different colours, which is shown by the images below.

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  The arms in the Abadie albums

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  The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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  The arms in the 1970s

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  The arms in the 1980s

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  The arms in the city (2014)

Literature : Plewako and Wanag, 1994

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