Krasocin

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KRASOCIN

Province: Świętokrzyskie
County: Włoszczowa

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted on December 28, 2012.

The upper half shows three fleur-de-lys, taken from the arms of the Chapter of Gniezno. Large parts of Krasocin municipality were owned by the archdeaconry and deanery in Kurzelowie, which was an administrative unit of the Archbishopric of Gniezno, from the Middle Ages until 1795.

The lower half is taken from the arms of Starykoń family clan, which had in the 14th-16th century extensive good in the current Włoszczowa district, including the villages Krasocin and Oleszno.

Until 2013 the uppe rhalf showed an axe and crown, referring to the former Royal forests in the area.