Mizoch (Rivne, Ukraine)

Last modified: 2004-08-07 by dov gutterman
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from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

• The Gonfalon
• Coat of Arms
• The City

See also:

• Ukraine
• Rivne County

The Gonfalon  

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"In September 11, 1996 the session of village council approved the gonfalon: a square canvas with a ratio of 1:1. In a green field there are images of yellow interlaced letters "W" and "M". Sides of the gonfalon have yellow edging with width of 1/5 of width of the gonfalon. The author is Yu.Terlets'kyi."
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999

Coat of arms

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"On the 11th of September 1996 village council session confirmed the modern emblem - in a vert field there are or interlaced letters "M" and "W"."
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999

The city

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"City in Rivne Oblast. The first written mention about Mizoch refers to 1322.On the 23d of September 1761 the colonel Dunin-Karvats'kyi got a privilege from king August III to found a town under the name of Velykyi Mizoch and he got the Magdeburg Right for that town."
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999

My ancient encyclopedia says, under the heading "Magdeburg", "Magdeburg became a flourishing commercial town during the 13th century, and was