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Toporiv (Lviv, Ukraine)

Топорів

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from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

The Gonfalon
Coat of Arms
The City

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The Gonfalon

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"In March 23, 1994 the session of the town council approved the gonfalon: a square canvas with a ratio of 1:1. In a red field there is a yellow axe. All sides of the gonfalon have yellow edging with a width of 1/8 from a width of the gonfalon."
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999

Coat of Arms

from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"On the 19th of April 1994 town council session confirmed a modern emblem - in an or field there is a gules squirrel, at the sable chief there are two miner's hammers in cross on the sides of which or pine-cones. The squirrel is a representative of local fauna, the or cones denote the name of the town and the sable color and hammers signify coal industry. The author is A.Grechylo."
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999

The City

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"City in Lviv Oblast. The settlement appeared in the XVII century when Andrew Tenchyns'kyi issued an order about location of a town named Toporiv (from a family emblem of the Tenchyns'kyis -"Topir" (axe)).On the 24th of February it was given the Magdeburg Right."
Phil Nelson, 7 July 1999

My ancient encyclopedia says, under the heading "Magdeburg", "Magdeburg became a flourishing commercial town during the 13th century, and was an important member of the Hanseatic League..."Magdeburg law" (Magdeburger Recht), securing the administrative independence of municipalities, was widely adopted." Perhaps where the source says "was given Magdeburg right" we should translate "received the right of civic self-government" or something similar.
John Ayer, 8 July 1999