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Piekary Slaskie city (Poland)

Miasto Piekary Śląskie, Śląskie vojvodship

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[Piekary Slaskie county flag] image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 8 Nov 2008
ceremonial flag; adopted 30 Jun 2005 See also:

Piekary Śląskie county

Piekary Śląskie County, Śląskie Voivodship - German name: Deutsch Piekar.
Piekary Śląskie is a town in south Poland, situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999, previously in the Katowice Voivodship from 1975). Piekary is a spiritual center of Upper Silesia, a Marian shrine which is a pilgrimage site for thousands of the faithful, and a mining town. It was the stage for patriotic Polish demonstrations and one of the centers of Silesian Uprisings and in 1922 was ceded to the Second Polish Republic by Germany as 86 % of the population voted for joining the re-established Polish state.
Area: 40 sq.km (15.4 sq.mi); Population: 59,494.

Arms and flag adopted on June 30, 2005 (resolution # XL/380/05).
"Arms: on the blue shield two male figures in local miner's uniforms with golden trimmings.
Between them a Marian Sanctuary in gold with black windows and gates.
The Arms prior to 2005 were showing only the miners holding hands on blue background.

Flag: a rectangle composed of three uneven horizontal bands in the proportions of 1/4:1/2:1/4 and colors: top - blue; middle - yellow; bottom - blue.
Ratio is 5:8
The ceremonial flag of the city is blue with the Arms placed in the center without the shield."
Chrystian Kretowicz, 8 Nov 2008


Piekary Śląskie county civic flag

[Piekary Slaskie county civic flag] image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 8 Nov 2008
civic flag; adopted 30 Jun 2005

Piekary Śląskie county ceremonial banner

[Piekary Slaskie county ceremonial banner] image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 8 Nov 2008
ceremonial banner; adopted 30 Jun 2005

Piekary Śląskie county civic banner

[Piekary Slaskie county civic banner] image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 8 Nov 2008
civic banner; adopted 30 Jun 2005

Piekary Śląskie county Coat of Arms

[Piekary Slaskie county Coat of Arms] image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 8 Nov 2008
adopted 30 Jun 2005