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Bielsko-Biala city (Poland)

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Bielsko-Biala flag

[Bielsko-Biala flag] by Gunnar Staack, 10 Oct 2000

Bielska-Biala has the colours YWR instead of YWOrange (according to "Godlo i barwa polski samorzadowej" ,Warszawa 1998. Flag adopted in 1996.
Gunnar Staack, 10 Oct 2000

Bielsko Biała (German: Bielitz): fomerly a regional seat, now in Upper Silesia, founded in the 12th century, ca. 180.000 inhabitants. Composed of two settlements (like Budapest), this town was divided between Poland and the Austrian Empire until 1920.
Gwidon S. Naskrent, 6 Sep 2000

Bielsko-Biala flag with CoAs

[Bielsko-Biala flag with CoAs] by Jens Pattke, 8 Dec 2002

Jens Pattke made a gif after a .jpg sent by Pascal Vagnat to the German flaglist. Bielsko-Biala is a double city, each of which has its own CoA. They were united in 1951, and now form one seamless whole around the River Biala, which formerly divided them. The towns spent most of their history in different countries: Bielsko belonged to the duchy of Cieszyn (Czech: Tesin), which in due course became part of Bohe