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Nowy Targ county (Poland)

Malopolskie vojvodship

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Nowy Targ county flag

Nowy Targ County (Powiat Nowotarski) is in Malopolskie Voivodship. Its capital, Nowy Targ (meaning "New Market", German: Neumarkt), is a town of 36000 inhabitants, about 80 km south of Cracow. The city was founded in 1238. Flag-image found on this site.

The CoA of Nowy Targ County was adopted by a resolution of the County Council on August 11, 2000. On field gules there is a crown or and a scepter or, diagonally placed. The crown is shaped after the crown of Casimir the Great, king of Poland 1333-1370, who spurred the economic development of the area. In 1346 Casimir re-incorporated the city of Nowy Targ. The scepter is shaped afted that of sculpture of Our Lady of Ludzmierz, representation of Mary highly revered among the local inhabitants, mostly highlanders. The scepter is placed diagonally to commemorate an event which happened in Ludzmierz in
1963. During the feast of Assumption, the primate of Poland, Stefan cardinal Wyszynski was crowning the sculpture. After the crowning, four bishops carried the sculpture back to the parochial church. As they leaned to one side, the sculpture's scepter fell out and the one to catch it in the air was Karol Wojtyla, then bishop of Cracow. It was later interpreted as a sign that he would be elected pope.

The flag of Nowy Targ County, adopted on the same day, consists of three horizontal parallel bends: white, yellow and red, of different width (2/5, 1/5, 2/5). The colours are those of Malopolskie Voivodship. Together with other county flags of Malopolskie Voivodship (e.g. Miechow) it constitutes a modern flag system.
Bartek Kachniarz, 6 Nov 2000

Nowy Targ county CoA

[Nowy Targ county CoA] image from this site, reported by Jarig Bakker, 1 Oct 2000

Nowy Targ city CoA

[Nowy Targ city CoA] image from this site.

This is St Catherine of Alexandria (d. 307), the patron saint of Nowy Targ.
Jarig Bakker, 21 Jul 2002

Nowy Targ commune flag

[Nowy Targ commune flag] image by Jens Pattke, 7 Oct 2004

Here is the flag of Nowy Targ commune (voj. Malopolskie, Nowy Targ County).
Jens Pattke, 7 Oct 2004

Szaflary commune flag

[Szaflary commune flag] image by Jens Pattke, 7 Oct 2004

Here is the flag of Szaflary commune (voj. Malopolskie, Nowy Targ County).
Jens Pattke, 7 Oct 2004