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The arms of the city (former names Reichenbach in Schlesien and Rychbach) show the image of the local patron saint, St. George killing the dragon, in front of a city wall. The saint already appeared on the oldest seal of the city, known since 1303, the wall appeared around 50 years later.  
The arms of the city (former names Reichenbach in Schlesien and Rychbach) show the image of the local patron saint, St. George killing the dragon, in front of a city wall. The saint already appeared on the oldest seal of the city, known since 1303, the wall appeared around 50 years later.  


Although the composition of the arms has not changed since, the colours have varied widely, see below (of which also a variant with a blue backgound exists).
Although the composition of the arms has not changed since, the colours have varied widely, see below:
 
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|align="center"|[[File:reichenbachsz1.jpg|center]] <br/>The seal from around 1900
|align="center"|[[File:reichenbachsz1.jpg|center]] <br/>The seal from around 1900

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DZIERŹONIÓW

Province: Dolny Śląsk
County: Dzierżoniów

Dzierzoniow.jpg

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms of the city (former names Reichenbach in Schlesien and Rychbach) show the image of the local patron saint, St. George killing the dragon, in front of a city wall. The saint already appeared on the oldest seal of the city, known since 1303, the wall appeared around 50 years later.

Although the composition of the arms has not changed since, the colours have varied widely, see below:

Reichenbachsz1.jpg

The seal from around 1900
Reichenbach-schl-ns-red.hagd.jpg

The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Reichenbach-schl-ns-blue.hagd.jpg

The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Dzierzon2.jpg

The arms as shown in 1963
Dzierzon.jpg

The arms as shown around 1970

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Literature : Plewako and Wanag, 1994; http://www.dzierzoniow.pl/