"There is no reason to change the coat of arms. Until 1938 the city used the historical arms, with or without the helmet and crest, as shown by some examples from different books and albums as shown below. According to other historians, though, it was a mistake, as the 13th c. eagle did not comprise of two half-eagles; it was one eagle with two heads. The traditional, five-field coat of arms returned to Wrocław still in 1945. The new arms showed the eagle of Silezia and in the lower half the Iron Cross. The crest showed again the bust of St. John with two banners of the city, see images below. In the top part a Silesian Piast eagle was placed, in a stretched version, and in the bottom part the Iron Cross, established in Wrocław in 1813, during the liberation war with Napoleon. "Our coat of arms can be talked about for hours.
At the notion of one of the councillors the bird symbol was made very communist in look, and didn't have much in common with the state symbol. In the 19th century the city used the arms with a helmet and crest. There are cities, which haven' t changed their coat of arms at all. Editorial staff www.wroclaw.pl The changes are proposed by the City Council, and they need to be approved by a special committee at the Ministry of Administration. "However, in 1920s and 1930s the emblem was experimented on, due to the influence of various modernisms. It used to be the symbol of local authorities, and it's no rulers' business to be messing up with it" said The very first symbol that may be considered a city emblem appeared during the reign of prince Henry III The White, on a seal used in years 1261-1262; it was a double-headed eagle. The new city symbol was established by the new City Council in June 1990.
In 1335 the city became a possession of the kings of Bohemia and the seals of the governors of Wrocław showed quartered arms with the eagle of Silezia, and the lion of In the 15th and 16th century the above arms gradually developed. The arms show the lion of Bohemia, the eagle of Silezia, the town's initial and the head of St. John the Evangelist, patron saint of the chapel of the city hall. Wrocław, as part of the People's Republic of Poland, changed the coat of arms again as the authorities now - ironically - considered the original version as too Germanic.It was replaced by a "purely Polish" coat of arms with a Silesian black eagle on gold and a Polish white eagle on a red field.These coat of arms were used from 1948 to 1990. Around 1163 the Dukes of Silezia are known to have a castle in what is now Wrocław. In 1225 the village that developed around the castle received city rights. The only thing they had nothing against was the Piast eagle; they treated Piasts as their own, the Germans, as since the times of Henry the Bearded some Piasts spoke German.The new, Nazi coat of arms of Wroclaw had two fields. "Where did it come from? It dates back to 1530, when it was approved by Emperor Charles V. However, this proposal was not approved by the capital" explains the Professor. This was abolished after Wrocław became part of Poland in 1945. In 1938, this coat of arms was abolished, as the Nazi authorities viewed it as too Slavic.It was replaced by a "purely German" coat-of-arms, a shield parted horizontally, with a black Silesian eagle on the top without Christian crosslet on the breast, and an Iron Cross in red field on the bottom. At first St. John the Baptist was straight (en face). The head of St. John Baptist was added as an escutcheon. It is one of the few, or maybe the only one in this part of Europe that had been changing its image so often. It is assumed that it comes from the city's founder, prince Wratislav. In 1938 the city received new arms from the Nazi government, as the use of saints in arms was considered highly unappropriate. In 1938, this coat of arms was abolished, as the Nazi authorities viewed it as too Slavic. Until 1990 our coat of arms included two half-eagles - the Polish white, and the Silesian, black.Earlier Wrocław sent to Warsaw a five-field coat of arms, in which the Czech lion was replaced by a Polish eagle. Dorothy. The oldest seal probably dates from the same time and shows the arms of Silezia (eagle with crescent) and the head of St. John Baptist, the patron saint of the city.
In a text describing the coat of arms, St. John the Evangelist was replaced by St. Maybe because an old magistrate scribe was replaced by a young and inexperienced one, and the town hall hosted a reliquary with relics of St. Dorothy - said Prof. Rościsław Żerelik.What could be done? Zanieczyszczenia powietrza stanowią minimalne zagrożenie dla osób starszych, kobiet w ciąży, dzieci, osób z chorobami serca oraz dróg oddechowych, astmatyków i innych podatnych grup. This was abolished after Wrocław became part of Poland in 1945. A document with this seal survived to the day in Dresden. This German military cross was founded in 1813 in Wrocław …
The professor said that the city councillors had got very angry, took some money and had gone to Augsburg, to the vice-chancellor of emperor Charles V, to pay for the correction. One thing is certain: in 1530 this mistake cost the councillors a fortune, worth a herd of over 200 horses.During that period the emblem is used in many places in the city. ___________________________________________________________
The city's emblem then included the two saints and an eagle.