Misplaced Pages

Coat of arms of Bytom
Versions
1898 version by Otto Hupp
Armiger	Gmina Bytom
Adopted	1886

The coat of arms of Bytom in Silesia, Poland, was adopted in 1886 by a resolution of the town council.

The arms are composed of two symbols. The left (heraldic: dexter) half shows a miner digging with a pickaxe for smithsonite, referring to the town's centuries-long tradition as a mining area. The right (heraldic: sinister) half features a golden demi-eagle on a blue field, (half of) the device of the Upper Silesian dukes of the Piast dynasty. This combination of a miner and the ducal eagle dates from the 14th century.

References

1. Heraldry of the World: Bytom

Further reading

• Plewako, A. and Wanag, J. (1994): Herbarz Miast Polskich. Arkady: Warsaw.

v t e Polish heraldry
National	Coat of arms of Poland
Cities	Białystok Bydgoszcz Gdańsk Gdynia Gorzów Wielkopolski Katowice Kielce Kraków Lublin Łódź Opole Olsztyn Poznań Rzeszów Sopot Szczecin Toruń Warsaw Wrocław Zielona Góra
Regional	Greater Poland Kuyavian-Pomeranian Lesser Poland Łódź Lower Silesian Lublin Lubusz Masovian Opole Podlaskie Pomeranian Silesian Subcarpathian Świętokrzyskie Warmian-Masurian West Pomeranian
Cultural and historical	Augustów Voivodeship Chełmno Voivodeship Central Lithuania Congress Poland Duchy of Czersk Kalisz Voivodeship Kashubia Kociewie Sandomierz Voivodeship Silesia Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Pomerania Prussia
Noble heraldry	Heraldic clan Heraldic adoption Indygenat Test of Nobility Skartabellat Armorial of Polish nobility Polish coats of arms Polish heraldists Szlachta List of Polish titled nobility
Related	Sarmatism Landed gentry Polish names
Heraldry

This Polish heraldry-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Bytom
• Municipal coats of arms in Poland
• Coats of arms with pickaxes
• Coats of arms with eagles
• Polish heraldry stubs