Bestellen Sie Ihre Fahnen / Flaggen im Flaggen-Shop bei fahnenversand.de

Diese Website beschäftigt sich mit der Wissenschaft der Vexillologie (Flaggenkunde).
Alle auf dieser Website dargebotenen Abbildungen dienen ausschließlich der Informationsvermittlung im Sinne der Flaggenkunde.
Der Hoster dieser Seite distanziert sich ausdrücklich von jedweden hierauf u.U. dargestellten Symbolen verfassungsfeindlicher Organisationen.

^{This is a mirror of a page that is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website.
Anything above the previous line isnt part of the Flags of the World Website and was added by the hoster of this mirror.}

Widuchowa commune (Poland)

Gryfino county, Zachodniopomorskie vojvodship

image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 27 Nov 2008
adopted 10 Nov 2000

Widuchowa commune flag
Widuchowa Coat of Arms

See also:

Widuchowa commune flag

Widuchowa - rural commune, Gryfino County, Zachodnio-pomorskie Voivodship - German name: Fiddichow.
Gmina Widuchowa is a rural gmina (commune) in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodship, in north-western Poland, on the German border. Its seat is the village of Widuchowa, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Gryfino and 35 km (22 mi) south of the regional capital Szczecin.
Area: 209.63 sq.km (80.9 sq.mi); Population: 5,562 (2006).

First mentioned in 1159 by the Pomeranian Bishop Adalbert.
In 1278 - included in Brandenburg as a result of wars with the Piasts.
In 1302 - returned to the domain of the Szczecin Principality.
In 1347 - granted the city right by Prince Barnim III, also the Coat of Arms, which was restored recently.
In 1648 - conquered by the Swedes
In 1679 - back in the realm of Brandenburg
Became an important center of grains trade
In 1872 - building of the sugar mill and the railroad
In 1945 - during the Soviet offensive destroyed in 80%
Became just a village, although, never lost, formally, the city rights.

Arms and flag adopted on November 10, 2000 (resolution # XIX/195/2000).
"Arms: on a golden shield three red towers (of which the middle one is the tallest) standing on a bridge.
Under the bridge a white swan floating on blue water.

Flag: rectangular piece of cloth in the ratio of the length to width 1: 0,5.
Along the bottom edge of the flag six wavy lines.
At the left side a golden wheel, partially obscured by wavy lines.
On the background of that wheel a silhouette of a white swan."
Chrystian Kretowicz, 27 Nov 2008

Widuchowa Coat of Arms

image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 27 Nov 2008
granted 1347; confirmed 10 Nov 2000

^{Anything below the following line isnt part of the Flags of the World Website and was added by the hoster of this mirror.}

Bei fahnenversand.de erhalten Sie eine Vielzahl an günstigen Flaggen, Pins und Aufnähern, zum Beispiel: