Gołdap
GOŁDAP
Province: Podlaskie
County: Gołdap
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on May 14, 1570 by Margrave Albrecht Friedrich von Brandenburg, and have since only been slightly modified.The red eagle is the eagle of Brandenburg, the quartered shield the arms of the Hohenzollern dynasty, to which the margrave belonged.
The S is probably a wrong interpretation of the Gothic letter F, one of the initials of the Margrave.The arms above are those as used by the city, but during the years there have been many variations of the arms, with different colours, letters and or with the eagle facing left, instead of facing right as used as present.
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1915 |
 The arms as shown in 1963 |
 The arms as shown in 1994 |
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