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Kremenets' (Ternopil', Ukraine)

Кременець

(1:1)
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:
It was confirmed at April, 28th, 1995 by the decision of III city council session of XXII convocation. The square panel is divided into 4 identical square fields, in top from a staff red is a white paty cross, in bottom from free edge blue is white ruins of castle tower on green mountain, others two fields are yellow. The authors are V.Bobchuk and O.Ptashkin.
A.Grechylo, "Ukrainian city and village arms and flags", part 1."
Dov Gutterman, 26 March 2005

Coat of Arms

from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"On the 28th of April 1995 town council session confirmed a modern emblem - in an azure field on a vert hill there is an argent half-destroyed fortress. In the canton there is Volyn' emblem."
Dov Gutterman, 26 March 2005

The City

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"The first written mention about Kremenet's refers to 1226 when the troops of Russychis defeated the forces of Hungarian and Polish armies. The Magdeburg Right was given in 1431.
In 1819 in Kremenets' there was founded an institution equated with Vilens'kyi university. It had a large library - more than 50000 volumes including 1500 incunabula (books printed before 1500). On the basis of the library in 1834 there was founded Kyiv University."
Dov Gutterman, 26 March 2005