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submitted by Rob Raeside, 17 July 1999
adopted 1991 See also:
Gelnica flag
Images based on the Heraldickż Register Slovenskej Republiky II, 2001 - Gelnica, Gelnica district, Ko¹ice region - adopted 1991, based on a seal dated 1497.Jarig Bakker, 9 Sep 2004
Gelnica Coat of Arms
![[Gelnica Coat of Arms]](../images/s/sk)gelni.gif)
image from the same source.
Currently used coat of arms comes from the end of 13th century. It is
in early gothic style on which there are four pictures. In the middle one
there is a cross with two arms, on which sides are pieces of iron, arrows
of which are directed towards the middle of the shield. In the spoke of
the shield there is hammer standing on its handle. Cross with two arms
was added to the blazon at the reign of Arpad's family, which was approx.
before 1301 and it symbolises the mining city. These pictures are of silver
colour on red background. The shape of the historical blazon was discovered
from the oldest seal of city Gelnica, imprint of which is located in the
Vienna Castle Archive and is impressed into red-brown wax on the deed from
1497. Its relief copy obtained using galvanoscopic method is stored in
Hungary National Museum. There was made a zinc copy from it. Photocopy
of the zinc blazon is displayed in its five times zoomed version in the
Mining Museum.