The coat of arms that serves as the symbol of

Ursynów Ursynów () is a district of the city of Warsaw, Poland. It has an area of 43.79 km2 (16.88 sq mi), and in 2023, it was inhabited by 149,775 people, making it the 5th most populous and 3rd largest district of the city. Located in its western ...

, a quarter of the city of

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, depicts a red castle with an open gate, and two towers with red roofs, placed on a yellow background, and standing on a green field. It includes a bear holding a rose, stating on a gate. The coat of arms was established on 14 February 1995, as the symbol of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of Warsaw–Ursynów, and since 27 October 2002, serves as the symbol of the district of

, that replaced the municipality.

Design

The coat of arms depicts a red castle, consisting of a red open gate with black bars, and two red towers on each side with black roofs. On the top of the gate is a black

bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family (biology), family Ursidae (). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats ...

, standing on its back feet, and facing to the left. It holds a red

rose A rose is either a woody perennial plant, perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred Rose species, species and Garden roses, tens of thousands of cultivar ...

. The building stands on a green field, and behind a yellow 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 ...

with square top and rounded base. The bear refers to the coat of arms of the

heraldic clan A heraldic clan (''ród herbowy''), in Poland, comprised all the noble (''szlachta'') bearers of the same coat of arms. The members of a heraldic clan were not necessarily linked by consanguinity. The concept was unique to Polish heraldry. His ...

of Rawa, that also depicts a black bear. It refers to

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz ( , ; 6 February 1758 – 21 May 1841) was a Polish poet, playwright and statesman. He was a leading advocate for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's Constitution of 3 May 1791. Early life and education Julian Ursyn Ni ...

, the member of the clan, that in 1822, bought

, naming it after his family name. The castle symbolizes the city of

, that Ursynów is a part of. The red colour of the building, and a yellow colour of the background, refer to the flag of Warsaw, that consists of yellow and red horizontal stripes. The open gate symbolizes the hospitality of the inhabitants of the district. The green field below the castle symbolizes the district greenery, and refer to its past, when it consisted of villages and farm fields.

History

The coat of arms had been designed by the group of specialists, that included

Jerzy Nowosielski Jerzy Nowosielski (Polish: ; born 7 January 1923 – died 21 February 2011) was a Polish painter, graphic artist, scenographer, illustrator and Eastern Orthodox theologian. He is regarded among the greatest contemporary Polish icon painters ...

and Andrzej Kulikowski. It was established on 14 February 1995, as the coat of arms of the

of Warsaw–Ursynów. On 27 October 2002, the municipality had been replaced by the district of

, that continues to use the coat of arms to the present day.
Ustawa z dnia 19 lipca 2002 r. o zmianie ustawy o ustroju miasta stołecznego Warszawy
', Warsaw: 19 July 2002; In: ''2002 Journal of Laws of Poland'', no. 127, position 1087, Warsaw: 2002.

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Design

History

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