Szamotuly commune (Poland)

Szamotuły county, Wielkopolskie vojvodship

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Szamotuły city and commune flag

1231 - first mention of the settlement later called Old Szamotuły (Stare Szamotuły)
1284 - first mention of New Szamotuły (Nowe Szamotuły)
1306 - destruction of Stare Szamotuły during the civil war
1420 - granting of city rights by King Władysław Jagiełło
1551 - first printing press in Greater Poland region
XVI Century - important center of Reformation
XVI-XVII Centuries - rapid development, with German, Scottish and Jewish settlers.
1793-1919 - Prussian occupation
1815 - Szamotuły in Grand Duchy of Posen
1918-19 - takes part in the Greater Poland Uprising
1939-1945 - Nazi occupation
2007 - archeological discovery of Stare (Old) Szamotuły thanks to the aerial photography.

Arms adopted on December 17, 1990 (resolution # VI/31/90).
On a blue shield an image of a crowned king's head and below it two silver-gold jewels. The shield is crowned too.
The image is that of King Kazimierz Jagiellonczyk (Casimir the Jagiellonian) who twice reaffirmed the city rights  of Szamotuły - first time in 1455.

Flag adopted on February 25, 2004 (resolution # XVIII/102/04).
Rectangular piece of cloth in the ratio 5:8 composed of three uneven color bands:
Upper and lower ones are light blue and of 1/4 of the width of the flag.
The wide, yellow band is of 1/2 of the width of the flag and bears, on the left half of it, the uncrowned shield of the Arms of Szamotuły."
Chrystian Kretowicz, 23 Nov 2008

Szamotuły city Coat of Arms