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Kedzierzyn-Kozle county (Poland)

Opolskie vojvodship

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Kędzierzyn-KoĽle county CoA

[Kedzierzyn-Kozle county CoA] image from this site, reported by Dov Gutterman, 17 Jan 1999

Kędzierzyn-KoĽle flag

[Kedzierzyn-Kozle flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 30 May 2001, after image from this site, reported by Dov Gutterman, 17 Jan 1999

From the similarity with Croatian the town name "Kozle" might have meaning "a young goat". That might be the origin of the goats in the COA.
Zeljko Heimer, 18 Jan 1999

Kędzierzyn-KoĽle: in Kędzierzyn-KoĽle county in the Opolan region, founded in 13th century but remained a village until 1951. ca. 71.000 inhabitants. Zeljko Helmer is correct in deriving the KoĽle part from the word of 'a young goat'; this is an adjective originally denoting a village of shepherds. German name: Kosel/Kandrzin.
Gwidon S. Naskrent, 6 Sept 2000

A weird 3:8 ratio -- this is quite unusual among Polish flags, isn't it?
Santiago Dotor, 31 May 2001

Yes, but the original image was far from being authori