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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were granted on July 4, 1616 by King Sigismund Vasa and were officially regranted on April 17, 1991. | |||
The arms symbolise the fight against Protestantism: the Vasa dynasty especially liked such usage of St. Michael. The arms were used until the end of the 18th century. | |||
In 1970 the old arms were already forgotten. So new arms were created, reflecting the active participation of people from Joniškis in the uprisings of the 18th-19th centuries: on a red field sinister bendwise a silver lined scythe (the most popular weapon of peasants) and two golden 8-pointed stars. But heraldry of Lithuanian towns was banned in 1970 before the approval of new arms. | |||
The historical arms were reconstructed from the text of privilege (picture did not survive) and from seals of the 17th-18th centuries. | |||
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[[Category:Šiauliai]] | [[Category:Šiauliai]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1616]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1991]] | |||