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'''KOŠICE'''
'''KOŠICE'''

Revision as of 07:19, 9 November 2012

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Civic heraldry of Slovakia (Slovenská Heraldika Miest a Obcí)
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KOŠICE

Province : Košice
District (okres) : Košice (I-IV)

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Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1369 and Košice is the city with the oldest still existing document of granting of arms in Slovakia.

The original arms only showed the eagle and the bars, all later symbols are later additions. The arms as they are in use at present, date from 1502 and haven't changed since.

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The arms on a document from 1423.
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The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1930

Literature : Kartous et al, 1991; Slowakei - Spaziergänge durch die Jahrhunderte der Städte und Städchen. Piroda, Bratislava, 1994 (German version, ISBN 80-07-00531-5); Kartous and Vrteľ , 2000