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Uzhgorod (Transcarpathia, Ukraine)

Uzhorod

Last modified: 2004-07-24 by dov gutterman
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From Ukrainian Heraldry site:
"For the first time it was mentioned in Hungarian chronicles of the XII century as a settlement in a Carpathians lowland under the name of Ungvar (from Old Bulgarian word "fast"). In 1635 it was given a seal with a picture of a vine with bunches of grapes. The document of giving the Magdeburg Right is not found."
Dov Gutterman, 21 October 2000


Hungarian Flag of Ungvár


by Antonio Martins, 28 Febuary 2001

This flag of Ungvár (now Užhorod City, Transcarpathia Region, Ukraine) is from Dr. Széll Sándor: Városaink neve, címere és lobogója (1941) as "Ungvár, Ung Co.(H)".
István Molnár, 20 October 2000

Seven blue and yellow descending stripes, parallel to a central diagonal.
Antonio Martins, 28 Febuary 2001


Coat of Arms


from Ukrainian Heraldry site

From Ukrainian Heraldry site:
"On the 14th of June 1990 Town council session o