The coat of arms of the city of

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

( pl, herb Gdańska, German: ''Wappen Danzigs''), in its current form, dates back to 1410 and '' Banderia Prutenorum''. The coat of arms is very similar to the flag of Gdańsk. It depicts two silver crosses on a red shield above each other, above which hovers a golden crown. The greater arms also has two lions as supporters and Gdańsk motto. The coat of arms in its current form (two crosses and a crown) was given by Casimir IV Jagiellon on May 25, 1457. Officially adopted in 2010.

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Coat of arms of Gdańsk was also used by several noble families of Russia, including

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Sheremetevs, Lodygins, and Konovnitsyns. In case of the Sheremetev and Konovnitsyn coat of arms, it refers to the legendary origin of the family from the leader of one of the Prussian tribes. A similar design is used by Oliwa. Republic of Danzig used same symbols. Between the world wars, the

Free City of Danzig The Free City of Danzig (german: Freie Stadt Danzig; pl, Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; csb, Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a city-state under the protection of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gda ...

adopted its arms, defined in the Constitution (Die Verfassung der Freien Stadt Danzig vom 17. November 1920). Both pattée (tatzenkreuz) and common crosses (gemeines Kreuz) were used. File:Pieczęć miasta Gdańska z XV wieku.JPG, 15th Century seal File:Coat of Arms of Danzig in Commonwealth of Poland 1687.png, Coat of Arms of Danzig in Commonwealth of Poland XVII century File:Front door and portal of Gdańsk Town Hall detail.png, Front door and portal of

Gdańsk Town Hall Gdańsk Main Town Hall is a historic Ratusz located in the Gdańsk Main City borough of Śródmieście. It is one of the finest examples of the Gothic-Renaissance historic buildings in the city, built at the intersection of Ulica Długa and Dłu ...

. The heads of the lions are turned towards the Golden Gate, according to legend, they look for help from the Polish king.Lech Krzyżanowski, Marek Żak: Gdańsk Perła Baltyku. Bydgoszcz: Excalibur, 2008, s. 160. ISBN 83-916078-7-9. File:Early Coat of Arms of the Republic of Danzig (Napoleonic).svg, Early Coat of Arms of the Republic of Danzig c 1808 File:Lesser Coat of Arms of the Republic of Danzig (Napoleonic).svg, Lesser Coat of Arms of the Republic of Danzig c 1808 File:Late Coat of Arms of the Republic of Danzig (Napoleonic).svg, Late Coat of Arms of the Republic of Danzig c 1812 File:Baliński, Starożytna Polska. Miasto Gdańsk.png, Coat of arms of Gdańsk. Depiction from 1840s File:Coat of Arms of Danzig in Prussia 1893.png, Coat of Arms of Danzig in Prussia 1893 File:Wappen Freie Stadt Danzig.svg, Coat of Arms of the Free City File:Senate of the Free City of Danzig coat of arms.JPG, Coat of Arms of the

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File:Senate of the Free City of Danzig seal.svg, Seal of the

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No. 318 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron No. 318 "City of Gdańsk" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron ( pl, 318 Dywizjon Myśliwsko-Rozpoznawczy Gdański") was a Polish tactical reconnaissance aircraft squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Gov ...

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Medical University of Gdańsk The Medical University of Gdańsk (formerly Gdańsk Medical Academy) is the largest medical academic institution in northern Poland. It educates more than 5000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in four faculties. History The ''Akademia Leka ...

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Gdańsk Shipyard The Gdańsk Shipyard ( pl, Stocznia Gdańska, formerly Lenin Shipyard) is a large Polish shipyard, located in the city of Gdańsk. The yard gained international fame when Solidarity () was founded there in September 1980. It is situated on the w ...

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Oliwa Cathedral Oliwa, Gdańsk Archcathedral is a church in Oliwa, Gdańsk, Poland that is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Also known as the Archcathedral Basilica of the Holy Trinity in Oliwa, Gdańsk. Cathedral The archcathedral in Oliwa is a three-nave basil ...

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* Banderia Prutenorum oder die Fahnen des Deutschen Ordens und seiner Verbündeten, welche in Schlachten und Gefechten des 15. Jahrhunderts eine Beute der Polen wurden / Abb. F.A. Vossberg. — Berlin, 1849.

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