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'''Country''': Poland [[File:Poland.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''': [[Małopolska]][[File:Malopolska.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''County''': [[Oświęcim (county)|Oświęcim]][[File:Oswiecim.dis.jpg|60 px|right]] | |||
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On October 24, 1793 Emperor Franz II granted the city arms showing in blue a silver double-headed eagle, with a tower on its breast. These arms have been used until the end of the Austrian rule. The current arms only appear after 1920. | On October 24, 1793 Emperor Franz II granted the city arms showing in blue a silver double-headed eagle, with a tower on its breast. These arms have been used until the end of the Austrian rule. The current arms only appear after 1920. | ||
Historical, 15th century, coins of the city showed on the one side an eagle and on the other a tower with the letters O S for Ossuacim, the Latinized name of the town. | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:oswiecim1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oświęcim|The arms as shown by Ströhl, 1900 | |||
File:1793.aba.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oświęcim|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
File:oswiecim.hagpl.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oświęcim|The arms in the [[Kawa Hag Herbarz Polski|Kawa Hag album]] +/- 1932 | |||
File:oswiecim2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oświęcim|The arms as shown around 1970 | |||
File:oswiecim3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oświęcim|The arms as shown in 1994 | |||
File:oswiecimc1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oświęcim|15th century coin (image from eBay) | |||
File:oswiecim5.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oświęcim|The arms on a bus stop | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Literature]] : Ströhl, 1904; Plewako and Wanag, 1994 | |||
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[[Category:Polish Municipalities O]] | [[Category:Polish Municipalities O]] |
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