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Jordanów Slaski (Poland)

Wroclaw county, Dolnoslaskie Vojvodship

image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 25 Jun 2009
civic flag, adopted 31 Mar 2009

Jordanów Śląski commune
ceremonial flag
Arms

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Jordanów Śląski commune

Jordanów Śląski - rural commune, Wrocław County, Dolnośląskie Voivodship - German name: Jordansmühl.
Gmina Jordanów Śląski is a rural commune in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Jordanów Śląski, which lies approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi) south of the regional capital Wrocław.
Area: 56.62 sq.km (21.9 sq.mi); Population: 3,018 (2006).
Predominantly agricultural commune.
Land under cultivation - 88%; forests - 3%.
Commune has a large deposits of Serpentinite, which is the state rock of...California and appears to be plentiful on Mars. Also, some choice pieces of Nephrite were found there too.

At the end of WW II most German inhabitants of the town managed to escape the advancing Soviet troops, through Czechoslovakia to Germany. Many of them returned home after the war only to be deported to Siberia and Kazakhstan, or expelled to East Germany and Westphalia.

The new Arms and the brand new flag were adopted on March 31, 2009 (resolution # XXIII/127/2009).
The Arms, chosen in the competition out of four final designs, are described as: "on a late-gothic shield divided horizontally by a wavy, silver and blue ribbon,
the upper part features on golden background a black half-eagle of the Lower Silesian Piasts, and the lower, red part, shows a silver "Maltese" cross" - four-armed and eight-pointed.
The wavy, blue and white ribbon separating the shield, represents the river Ślęza.
Flag: a rectangle in the ratio 5:8 composed of two equal horizontal bands: the upper one is blue and the lower one is silver (white).
The ceremonial flag of the commune bears the Arms in its center."
Chrystian Kretowicz, 25 Jun 2009

ceremonial flag

image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 25 Jun 2009
adopted 31 Mar 2009

Arms

image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 25 Jun 2009
adopted 31 Mar 2009