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	Encyclopedia: Coat of Arms of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments.
		In heraldry, the shield is the principal portion of a heraldic achievement or coat of arms.
		Vytis The Coat of arms of the Republic of Lithuania is the Vytis (the Knight) or Pogoń.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Coat-of-Arms-of-Poland (788 words)

	BIBLIOGRAPHY
		Marek Ambrozy, Arma Regni Poloniae [Coats of Arms of the Kingdom of Poland], Antwerp, 1562.
		Slawomir Gorzynski and Jerzy Kochanowski, Herby szlachty polskiej [Arms of the Nobility of Poland], Warsaw, 1992.
		Malgorzata Kaganiec, Rodowod Herbu Slaskiego [Genealogy of the Arms of Silesia], Katowice, 1991.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/national/polish-bibliography.htm (2661 words)

	Coat of Arms of Poznań - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coat of Arms of Poznań consit white (not silver) city walls with three towers.
		First known image of Poznan Coat of Arms is on seal od document with date 1 May 1344.
		shield with white eagle - Coat of Arms of Przemysl II, king of Poland
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coat_of_Arms_of_Poznan (256 words)

	info: POZNAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Poznan's impressive cathedral is the earliest church in the country, containing the tombs of the first Polish rulers: duke Mieszko I, king Boleslaus the Brave, king Mieszko II, duke Casimir I the Restorer, duke Przemysl I and king Przemysl II.
		Poznan was the capital of the Greater Poland area when it came under the control of Prussia in 1793 and had its administrative area renamed to South Prussia.
		Poznan is home to few state-owned universities and a number of smaller, mostly private-run colleges and institutions of higher education.
	www.mp3-midi.biz /Poznan (2010 words)

	Poznań - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Poznan is also a breed of horse.
		The Poznan riots of 1956 played a significant role in liberalising the post war communist regime [1].
		Poznan Department (Polish: Departament Poznański): a unit of administrative division and local government in Polish Duchy of Warsaw in years 1806-1815.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Poznan (1600 words)

	UM Włocławek
		The coat of arms is the main symbol of the Town Council, playing representative role, reflecting the town’s tradition.
		As a custom the coat of arms presented the town’s battlements as a symbol of independence and the symbol of the ruler who established the town.
		The oldest of these depicted the city wall with a gate, three towers, and a shield with the arms of Kujawy on the middle tower (14th and 16th centuries); three free-standing towers (15th century); or the city wall with a gate, three towers, and a mitre on the middle tower (1641).
	www.wloclawek.pl /english?id=16 (582 words)

	Articles index started with co (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Coat of Arms of the Republic of Ireland
		Coat of arms of the Republic of Karelia
		Coat of Arms of the Republic of the Congo
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/co-index.html (164 words)

	Symbols of Poland: The White Eagle
		This is reflected in the federated country's coat of arms which Jagiełło quartered placing on it the coats of arms of both nations, repeating each for symmetry.
		Lithuania's coat of arms was the Pogoń which is translated into English as "the Pursuit." It portrays a rider, sword in hand, mounted on a horse.
		The quartered coat of arms continued to be used by succeeding Kings of the Jagiellonian dynasty.
	wings.buffalo.edu /info-poland/classroom/eagle.html (1314 words)

	Gniezno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gniezno is a town in central Poland, some 50 km east of Poznan, inhabited by about 73,000 people.
		It is here that the Gniezno Congress (Meeting at the tomb of Saint Adalbert) took place in the year 1000 AD, during which Boleslaus I the Brave (Boleslaw Chrobry), the first king of Poland, received Otto III, the Emperor of Germany.
		After the partitions of Poland the see was often combined with others, first with Poznan and then with Warsaw.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Gniezno (241 words)

	Poznan - InformationBlast
		Poznan was in years 1815-1919 the capital of the Grand Duchy of Poznan in personal union with the Kingdom of Prussia, but it was not part of Germany.
		Poznan was also occupied by the Nazi Germany during World War II (1939-45).
		During the Napoleonic Wars in 1806 the city was liberated by the Polish troops under gen. J.H. Dąbrowski and in years 1806–1815 it was the capital of Poznań; province belonging to the Duchy of Warsaw.
	www.informationblast.com /Poznan.html (1991 words)

	Poznan [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Poznan is also a breed of horseThe Pozan, or Poznan, horse was developed in Poland.
		There is also a Poznan in OhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the northeastern corner of the United States.
		Poznań; was the capital city of the Greater Poland region and one of the biggest Polish cities.
	www.wikimirror.com /Poznan (3959 words)

	Herbarz Polski (Ba) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bartlinski is given the cognomen, de Walenbach, in a manuscript on Prussian families (Helbsk.) and in it the coat of arms is described as a fl starling on the stump of an oak with five roots and two branches, in a field of deep blue.
		The Belina coat of arms is composed of three white horsehoes, the backs of which are turned to each other, so that one is on the left, the other on the right, and the third below them, on which stands a German sword, its hilt at the top, all in a field of blue.
		Wierzcheleski, the Polish captain from Sleza and of the coat of arms of Berszten bravely and at length resisted the enemy's force.
	www.pgsa.org /heraldry/herbarzBa.htm (7226 words)

	PGSA - Herbarz Polski (Bi) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Altho there is no record of the manner in which this coat of arms was acquired, it is known that Daniel Bialoskorski of Mazowsze married Lazynska who, being the only daughter of Dominik Jarzebinski of Dabrowa, inherited all of the wealth and the coat of arms.
		All agree that this coat of arms was acquired in Poland in 1332 during the reign of Wladyslaw Lokietek.
		In these arms an azure crest is divided into four parts: on the upper right is a golden cross, on the left a red lion without a crown;on the lower right is a lion, and on the left a cross of the same form as above.
	www.pgsa.org /heraldry/herbarzBi.htm (6575 words)

	Polish Nobility and Its Heraldry: An Introduction
		It is probable that they were authorities on coats of arms, responsible for the rules of the heraldic art, heraldic law; that they supervised the selection of new designs and kept track of genealogies to make sure that people did not claim ancestry to which they were not entitled.
		There are some coats of arms which could be considered as being even older, e.g., the charge of the Awdaniec clan derives its origin from the property mark which became hereditary since the beginning of the 13th century.
		Arms of the Odrowaz clan from the bookplate of Krzysztof Szydlowiecki
	www.szlachta.org /heraldry.htm (16740 words)

	Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born at Lwów in 1677, he was the son of Rafał Leszczyński, governor of Poznan Voivodship, and Anne Catherine Jabłonowska.
		Thus, he induced Mazeppa the Cossack hetman to desert Peter at the most critical period of the war, and Stanisław placed a small army corps at the disposal of the Swedes.
		But, Stanisław depended so entirely upon the success of Charles's arms that after Poltava (1709), Stanisław's authority vanished as a dream at the first touch of reality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stanislaus_I_of_Poland (900 words)

	PolishRoots - Herbarz Polski
		For each herb [clan shield, coat of arms] the blazon or verbal description of the arms is first given in authentic heraldic style, followed by a translation from the Polish description by Niesiecki.
		Swentoslaw, from the post of Poznan pastor and Gniezno canon, was chosen to be bishop of Poznan; and in truth already of an advanced age, he had broken free of his pastoral burden, but he yielded to those urging him and with his knowledge and by his example ruled the flock entrusted to him.
		Plocens, however, ascribed no coat of arms to him, and said of him only that he lived of a noble clan, but Paprocki in 0 herbach writes explicitly of him that he was a Jastrzebczyk.
	www.polishroots.org /herbarz/jastrzebiec.htm (2636 words)

	Ezion-Geber's Home Page - Preussen Gloria - Prussia, Is Posen-Wartheland Prussian? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Coat of Arms of the Prussian Province of Posen
		In 1793 Poznan was annexed to Prussia and renamed Posen.
		In June 1956 the industrial workers of Poznan rose up in rebellion against their Community overlords causing a crisis in the Polish Communist leadership as well as the Soviet block and resulted in the establishment of a new Polish régime headed by Wladyslaw Gomulka.
	www.nccg.org /ezion_geber/preussen7.html (1210 words)

	Encyclopedia: Current events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The City of Melbournes coat of arms Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3,600,650 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 61,670 in the City of...
		An insurgency is an armed rebellion against a constituted authority, by any irregular armed force that rises up against an enforced or established authority, government, or administration.
		The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/current-events (8748 words)

	Courtly Lives - The Sypniewski Family (West Prussian)
		) was a Lieutenant in the Regiment of Heavy Cavalry of the District of Poznan.
		Juliusz was a 2nd Lt. in the Poznan Horse Cavalry of the Old Polish Army in the insurrection of 1831.
		Jan married Stefania from Janraczewski coat of arms Zaremba.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/SypWPrus.html (1600 words)

	Duchy of Warsaw - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Its ruler was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine and it did not possess its own diplomatic representation.
		The Armed Forces were completely under French control via its war minister Józef Poniatowski, who was also a French marshal, and had to participate in Napoleon's campaigns.
		After the fall of Napoleon, according to the Congress of Vienna (1815), the territory of the Duchy was divided into three parts:
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Duchy_of_Warsaw (413 words)

	Coat of Arms of Poland - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Coat of Arms of Poland - Iridis Encyclopedia
		The White Eagle is said to have originated when Poland’s legendary founder Lech saw a white eagle’s nest, and considering this a good omen, founded the city of Gniezno (from gniazdo - nest).
		Przemysł II introduced the White Eagle as a Polish symbol.
	www.iridis.com /Coat_of_Arms_of_Poland (265 words)

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		You can adopt any arms you choose and use them however you want (unless you infringe on someone's trademark, which is an entirely different subject that has been beaten to death on this newsgroup so please don't ask about it); but you have no particular right to those arms or any other.
		A full English coat of arms (an "achievement") consists of: - a shield (with arms painted on it, obviously); - above the shield, a helm or helmet; - hanging from the helm, the mantling, which represents a piece of cloth used for protection from the sun.
		This rule was used to ensure that coats of arms could be easily recognised at a distance or in the heat of battle.
	www.heraldica.org /faqs/heraldry.faq (3473 words)

	Courtly Lives -The Runge-Sypniewski Towns/Estates of Dzwierszno Wielkie and Mal~e
		One branch of the Sypniewski family, Marcin Sypniewski, renamed himself Dzierzgowski and took the coat of arms of Jastrzebiec in 1270, during the reign of King Przemysl~ II (1257-1296), a Piast.
		Tytus Dzial~ynski was born December 24, 1796 in Poznan, Poland; and died April 11, 1861(Tamze).
		Jan Dzil~ynski was born on September 28, 1829,in Kornik, Poznan, Poland; and died on March 30, 1880, in Taze.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/Dzwierszno.html (953 words)

	Poznan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Without the special characters the name is also spelled Poznan in English it is also referred in Polish language as Stołeczne Miasto Poznań; German Haupt- und Residenzstadt Posen Latin : Posnania civitas Posnaniensis.
		(Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 68)
		(Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 70)
	www.freeglossary.com /Poznan,_Poland (1215 words)

	Encyclopedia: Gniezno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Poznan is also a breed of horse, There is also American Poznan, OH.
		Reign From 992 until 1025 Coronation On April 18, 1025 in Gniezno Cathedral, Poland Royal House Piast Coat of Arms Orzeł Piastowski Parents Mieszko I Dubrawka Consorts Rikdaga Judith Enmilda Oda Children with Judith Bezprym with Enmilda Regelina Mieszko II Lambert Otton with Oda Matylda Date of Birth 966/967...
		The Meeting at the tomb of Saint Adalbert is one of the most important events in Polish history, though scholars disagree over the details of the decisions made at the meeting, especially whether the Polish prince was pledged the kings crown or not.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gniezno (2471 words)

	Poznan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The management of Polish Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznan has announced that they completed the signing of Brazilian defender Anderson Santos Da Silva who pledged...
		RC lens so far convinced but was not impressive on their games in the Intertoto cup, winning in Poznan 1:0 after a 2:1 victory at home and winning 4:1 at home...
		Poznań (sometimes also spelled Poznan in English, in full The Capital City of Poznań;; Polish: Stołeczne Miasto Poznań;, German Haupt- und Residenzstadt Posen, Latin: Posnania, civitas Posnaniensis, French Posnanie)) is a city in west-central Poland with over 578,000 inhabitants (1999).
	www.wikiverse.org /poznan (1257 words)

	Rymaszewski ancestors in the Kingdom of Poland
		The basis by which Polish coat of arms were acquired differs from those of Western Europe where they were individual or familial.
		The coat of arms was an integral part of the noble's identity as warriors who fought in defense of the realm.
		Jakób Rymaszewski, the son of Tomasz Rymaszewski, bearing "Pobóg" coat of arms (c.o.a.), was an "armoured companion" ("towarzysz pancerny", i.e.
	www.rymaszewski.iinet.net.au /12ancest.html (4383 words)

	The Internet Guide to POZNAN SM in Poland
		Thanks to the Poznan International Fair and host of Polish and international banks based here, it is also regarded as Poland's capitol of commerce and finance.
		As POZNAN is a city with a tradition longer than 1,000 years, the environs are a veritable paradise for tourists.
		POZNAN is worldwide famous for its Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competitions, boys' and men's choirs (Poznan Nightingales - S.Stuligrosz, Polish Nightingales - J.Kurczewski), the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra (A.Duczmal), the International Jazz Festival "Jazz Fair", the Folk Blues Fair, the Polish Dance Theatre (E.Wycichowska), Europe's only Museum of Musical Instruments, and many, many more.
	www.staff.amu.edu.pl /~zbzw/wp/wwwpoz.html (1090 words)

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