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'''KOTKA''' | '''KOTKA''' | ||
Region : [[Kymenlaakso]]<br> | Region : [[Kymenlaakso]]<br> | ||
Former province : [[Uusimaa]] (1945-1997 [[Kymi]], 1997-2009 [[Etelä-Suomi]])<br> | Former province : [[Uusimaa]] (1945-1997 [[Kymi]], 1997-2009 [[Etelä-Suomi]])<br> | ||
Additions : 1974 [[Haapasaari]]; 1977 [[Karhula]], [[Kymi (Kotka)|Kymi]] | Additions: 1974 [[Haapasaari]]; 1977 [[Karhula]], [[Kymi (Kotka)|Kymi]] | ||
[[File:kotka.jpg|center]] | [[File:kotka.jpg|center|{{PAGENAME}} Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Sinisessä kentässä kultainen luonnollinen kotka siivet koholla, seisoen ristikkäin olevalla ankkurilla ja Merkuriuksen sauvalla, jotka molemmat ovat hopeisia. | Sinisessä kentässä kultainen luonnollinen kotka siivet koholla, seisoen ristikkäin olevalla ankkurilla ja Merkuriuksen sauvalla, jotka molemmat ovat hopeisia. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on September 19, 1957. | The arms were granted on September 19, 1957. | ||
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In 1954 the town of Kotka arranged a competition for a new design of the arms, but required that the eagle should be kept as its main symbol. A sketch by Olof Eriksson won the competition, but it didn't satisfy the town council, because it would have wanted to save all the elements of the old coat of arms but only modify them to come up to modern heraldry. Eriksson subsequently asked if he could make more sketches of this subject. The town council and the national heraldic commission disagreed about which one of the new sketches was most appropriate to became the new coat of arms as the town council wanted to chance it as little as possible and the heraldic committee was seeking for the best heraldic solution. The committee wanted still more sketches to be made. This conflict ended at last in 1957 as the national heraldic committee finally got its way and the coat of arms had major changes. It was ratified to be the new coat of arms of Kotka. | In 1954 the town of Kotka arranged a competition for a new design of the arms, but required that the eagle should be kept as its main symbol. A sketch by Olof Eriksson won the competition, but it didn't satisfy the town council, because it would have wanted to save all the elements of the old coat of arms but only modify them to come up to modern heraldry. Eriksson subsequently asked if he could make more sketches of this subject. The town council and the national heraldic commission disagreed about which one of the new sketches was most appropriate to became the new coat of arms as the town council wanted to chance it as little as possible and the heraldic committee was seeking for the best heraldic solution. The committee wanted still more sketches to be made. This conflict ended at last in 1957 as the national heraldic committee finally got its way and the coat of arms had major changes. It was ratified to be the new coat of arms of Kotka. | ||
'''[[Literature]]''': Pirinen, 1982 | |||
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[[Category:Finnish Municipalities K]] | [[Category:Finnish Municipalities K]] | ||