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by Jens Pattke, 26 February 2005
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I received a letter from Mrs. Giedre Bartuseviciute, superior
specialist of the Department of Regional Development, Kaunas
County Governor's Administration. She sent me pictures and
descriptions of the flag and coat of arms of Kaunas County. She
wrote: “Coat of arms of Kaunas County was designed by artist
Rolandas Rimkunas. It was created the flag and the seal according
to the arms. Heraldic Commission to the President of the Republic
of Lithuania recommends that the coat of arms of district (center
of county) would be used in arms of county. But Kaunas district
hasn’t its own coat of arms yet. So it was used the coat of
arms of Kaunas City. It was chosen wild ox’s head because
city and county can’t have same coat of arms. The shield of
the arms has azure border charged with ten golden double crosses.
A number of crosses show a quantity of counties in present
Lithuania and golden crosses in the field of azure point to
subordination of counties to State administration…
Relationship of the width to the length is 1:1.2.”
The coat of arms of Kaunas County was confirmed by the President
of the Republic of Lithuania on July 16, 2003.
Picture of the coat of arms is