Głuchołazy

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GŁUCHOŁAZY

Province: Opole
County : Nysa

Herb Głuchołaz
Official blazon
Polish blazon wanted
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms of the city show a goat's head, which is a canting symbol for the German name of the city, Ziegenhals (Ziege=goat, Hals=neck). The image already appeared on the oldest seal of the city, known from 1404. All later seals show the same image, but the head is sometimes facing left, instead of right as in the above arms. Also the colours of the horns ans the tongue often differed, see images below.

Seal of Głuchołazy

Seal from around 1900
Wappen von Głuchołazy/Coat of arms (crest) of Głuchołazy

The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)
Wappen von Głuchołazy/Coat of arms (crest) of Głuchołazy

The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
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The arms in the 1980s
Arms (crest) of Głuchołazy

The arms shown in 1994

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Literature : Plewako and Wanag, 1994; Hupp, 1894