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'''JONIŠKIS''' | '''JONIŠKIS''' | ||
County : [[Šiauliai (county)|Šiauliai]] | County : [[Šiauliai (county)|Šiauliai]] | ||
[[File:joniskis.jpg|center]] | [[File:joniskis.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+Official blazon | |||
|- | |||
|'''Lithuanian''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
|- | |||
|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
|} | |||
===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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[[Literature]] : Rimsa, 1998 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Lithuania|'''Literature''']]: Rimsa, 1998 | ||
[[Category:Lithuanian Municipalities]] | [[Category:Lithuanian Municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Šiauliai]] | [[Category:Šiauliai]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1616]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1991]] | |||