Coat of arms of the Pomeranian Voivodeship
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The resolution regarding the Coat of Arms of the Pomeranian Voivodship was taken on by the Sejmik of the Pomeranian Voivodship in Gdańsk.
On a yellow background, the image of a black Griffin of Pomeranian-Wendish origin, with raised wings and a red tongue out of the mouth.
The first example of the coat of arms is a 16th Century image of the griffin, which is in the Presbitry of the Oliwa Cathedral.
The image of the black griffin looking towards the right, on a yellow background, is also known for being the coat of arms of Kashubians. Therefore these two coats of arms are often identified; according to some sources, as being one and an identical coat of arms.
The creator of the coat of arms is Wawrzyniec Samp.
[edit] Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Between the years of 1454 and 1795, the coat of arms of the Pomeranian Voivodship was represented by a red griffin on a white background.
[edit] Second Polish Republic
The coat of arms did alter substantually, "the coat of arms still included a red griffin looking to the left on a white background. The front legs were positioned as if they were to run, wings as if they were preparing to flight, the tongue was hanging out, and a crown on the head." There was a certain amount of controversy regarding the griffin being the coat of arms, as the former Chełmińskie Voivodship had now been incorporated within the Pomeranian Voivodship, whose coat of arms was a sworded eagle.
