The

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...

and

flag A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design empl ...

that serve as the symbols of Warszewo, a municipal neighbourhood of the city of

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, depict two white (silver)

cross potent A cross potent (plural: crosses potent), also known as a crutch cross, is a form of heraldic cross with crossbars at the four ends. In French, it is known as '' croix potencée'', in German as a ''Kruckenkreuz'', all translating to "crutch cross" ...

, and two white (silver)

crescent A crescent shape (, ) is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase in the first quarter (the "sickle moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself. In Hinduism, Lord Shiva is often shown wearing a crescent moon on his ...

s with a white (silver)

placed above then, on a blue background.

Design

The coat of arms and the flag of Warszewo depicts two white (silver)

s, placed in a row, both facing with its insides outward, in the opposite directions to eatchother. Above them, is placed a white (silver)

, that is two times smaller than the crescents. They are placed on the blue background. The coat of arms has an Iberian style

escutcheon Escutcheon may refer to: * Escutcheon (heraldry), a shield or shield-shaped emblem, displaying a coat of arms * Escutcheon (furniture), a metal plate that surrounds a keyhole or lock cylinder on a door * (in medicine) the distribution of pubic ha ...

. Two crescents symbolize the

Order of Cistercians The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint B ...

that used to own the village of Warszewo, while the cross, symbolises the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, that influenced the lives of the population of the village in the past. The colours white and blue refer to the colours used in the symbols of the administrative subdivisions in the regions throughout history, mainly the

of the Province of Pomerania, used from 1882 to 1935.

History

Both coat of arms and flag of Warszewo were designed from the initiative of the local organization of Nasze Warszewo, with main contribution to the project coming from Radosław Porwich. In 2004, Porwich organized an art exhibition depicting history of the neighbourhood. While researching materials for the exhibition, he had requested the

Landsmannschaft Pommern A Landsmannschaft (; Latin ''natio'', plural nationes) is a German fraternity of several fraternity forms called ''Studentenverbindung''. The older forms of ''Landsmannschaften'' were part of corporations and are closely aligned with the beginnin ...

, to send him pictures of the coat of arms related to the neighbourhood. Following that, he had decided to develop a coat of arms of Warszewo, based on received materials. The design proposed by Nasze Warszewo organization had become an official symbol of the neighbourhood. In 2011, Nasze Warszewo organization had desigend the flag, based on the coat of arms. The flag had been officially adopted by the neighbourhood, and flown for the first time on 3 September 2011, during the celebration of 750th anniversary of the establishment of Warszewo.

References

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Design

History

See also

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