Gizycko county (Poland)

Warminsko-mazurskie vojvodship

Last modified: 2003-02-22 by jarig bakker
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Giżycko county CoA

Giżycko city flag

On this webpage are flag and CoA of the city of Giżycko. Adopted 31 Aug 2001.
Jarig Bakker, 6 Jun 2002

There is a little legend, which says :" Once, the Prussian Prince (Grand Elector) Friedrich Wilhelm I (1620-1688) was dining in the local Inn during his brief stay in Gizycko.The innkeeper served him three carps and the fish was to such a liking of the Prince, he decided to grant the city its Coat-of-Arms, three carps on the shield, exactly as he had seen them on his plate" Unfortunately, the legend has a serious problem with history as the CoA was really granted well before prince's birth, in 1612.
Chrystian Kretowics, 22 Jul 2002

Giżycko city CoA

Giżycko commune flag

From Flagdatabank 11, Dec 1999: "On 30 June 1999 Giżycko adopted a new flag: gyronny resulting in twelve triangles, white alternating with light blue, charged with the CoA, which is horizontally divided. The white upper part is charged with a black cormorant, the light blue lower part with a white fish."
The CoA is from this site with Polish and German text, where one can learn that the German name of this commune in Warminsko-Mazurskie vojvodship is Lötzen. It is in the Giżycko county.
Jarig Bakker, 17 Jun 2001

Gizycko Commune (rural); voj. Warminsko-Mazurskie; Gizycko County, image regiffed according to Jacek Skorupski : "Polski Flagi Samorzadowe" in FLAGA #4-5 -Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Weksylologicznego.
Jens Pattke, 7 Jan 2003

Giżycko commune CoA