Bytom

	BYTOM Country : Poland Province : Śląsk County : Free urban district Additions : 1950 Bobrek-Karb 1950 Miechowice 1951 Łagiewniki 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":50.34660000000000223963070311583578586578369140625,"lon":18.922899999999998499333742074668407440185546875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms of the city combine a miner with the eagle derived from the arms of Upper Silesia. Mining was very important here already in medieval times, and the composition of miner and eagle already appeared on the seal of the city known from 1330. Later mining became less important and the city only used the eagle.

In the 19^th century coal mining became very important again and the old arms were restored.