Flag of Lewin Brzeski

Lewin Brzeski

Flag of Lewin Brzeski
Proportion	5:8
Adopted	1333 (coat of arms)
Design	A tri-colour with yellow, blue and green colours; with a shield in the top-left of the flag

The flag of Lewin Brzeski is the flag of the town of Lewin Brzeski, Opole Voivodeship, in Poland. The flag is arranged in a tri-colour of: yellow, blue and green; with a shield, presenting the coat of arms of Lewin Brzeski in the top-left corner of the flag.[1]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Lewin Brzeski was first recorded on a seal from the year of 1333. The main element of the shield is a golden half-lion, standing upwards, with two tails; appearing out of three green hills. The coat of arms has relations to the German name for the town - Löwen (Löwe meaning Lion). The coat of arms was officially approved on June 18, 1998, in the statute of the Lewin Brzeski Gmina.[2]

The officially used coat of arms of Lewin Brzeski is primitive as it originated from a seal from 1333. A more accurate design of the coat of arms was suggested in the book Herbarzu miast polskich (Peerage of Polish Settlements) by Plewak and Wanaga.[3]

References

1. "Opis Herbu". Lewin Brzeski. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
2. "Historia I Zabytki Miasta Lewin Brzeskiego". Lewin Brzeski. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
3. "Lewin Brzeski". Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej. Retrieved 29 April 2015.