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![[Zdár nad Sázavou flag]](../images/c/cz-zr-zr.gif)
by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 21 Apr 2002, after image by Petr Exner;
adopted 26 Apr 1996
![[Zdár Nad Sázavou CoA]](../images/c/cz-zr)zr.jpg)
image at this website,
reported by Ales Krizan, 11 Sep 2001 - Click on it for a better
view.
Explanation of the Arms: First field is a slightly changed Arms
of Dietrichstein Family Second field (the bend sinister is in fact
celestial blue, Shows the eagle of Zdár Cistercian Abbey, given
by princes of Münsterberg. These were sons of Bohemian king George of Kunątát
and Podebrady. No one of them had pretension to throne, since they were
born before George´s election . So they got a principality (duchy) in Silesia
and county Kladsko /Glatz/Klodsko, also in modern Poland. The stripped
escutcheon are the Arms of Kunątát Family. Letter W is an initial letter
for Abbot Václav/Wezel Vejmluva. Cones are the Arms
of "Our Church in Olomouc, six "Piramides " or Cones coloured white
or Argent, in upper row four and in lower two of them", which is quotation
from the Dierichstein grant from 1607, when the town status were also granted.
Saltire ragully couped etc., this is the oldest Arms of Zdár municipality-
the arms of migty noble family "Ronovci". The main
branches were Lords of Lipá (see Ceská Lípa, Coat of Arms of Cvikov
), Lords (Berka) of Dubá, Lords of Lichtenburg (see Havlíckuv Brod Arms).
Fourth field - these are the Arms of Zdár Convent. The fields 2) and 4)
are the amendment of the Dietrichstein Grant, made by Emperor Leopold I
in 1704.
In 1971 the Town National Committee (town council) ordered, that two
versions of the Arms would be used. The small Coat of Arms is the
right half of the great arms, practically the arms of 1607.
Ales Krizan, 11 Sep 2001