Poznań

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POZNAŃ

Province: Wielkopolska
Free urban district

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms of Poznan show St. Peter and St. Paul on the city walls. The two crossed keys are the symbol of St. Peter. The small shield with the eagle is the arms of the Piast dynasty, the first royal family of Poland 950 - 1372.

The arms already appear on the seals of the city from the early 14th century and have basically not changed since. Only the colour of the shield has sometimes been shown as red.

Original 14th century seal (image State Archives Poznań)	Seal from around 1900	Seal from around 1900
The arms in the Continentale Verlags-Anstalt album, +/- 1910	The arms in the Abadie albums	The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1915
	The large, middle and small arms in the Kawa Hag album +/- 1932