Terespol

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TERESPOL

Province: Lublin
County: Biała Podlaska

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted on July 31, 2003.

Terespol was founded in 1757 and was named after the daughter (Teresa-town) of the founder Jan Boguslaw Sluszki. The arms are those of the Sluszki family.

Previous arms show a foxon a mountain and date from the same year. The meaning , however, is not known.