Coats of arms of Polish voivodeships

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This is a list of coats of arms of the voivodeships (first-level sudivisions) of Poland.

Image Main article Voivodeship
English name
Polish name
Blazon
Greater Poland Coat of arms of the Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland
Wielkopolskie
Gules an eagle Argent beaked, langued and membered Or, with cloverstalks and tailed with a collar of the same
Kuyavia-Pomerania Coat of arms of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Kuyavia-Pomerania
Kujawsko-Pomorskie
Argent a demi-eagle couped palewise Gules beaked and armed Or, and addorsed a demi-lion couped palewise Sable langued and armed of the second, both crowned with a coronet of the third
Lesser Poland Coat of arms of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland
Małopolskie
Gules an eagle Argent crowned, beaked, langued and membered Or, with cloverstalks of the same[1]
Łódzkie Coat of arms of the Łódź Voivodeship Łódź
Łódzkie
Tierced palewise, first Or in chief a demi-lion couped palewise Gules, second Gules in chief two demi-eagles couped palewise confrontant Argent and Sable, and in base an uncrowned eagle Sable with the majuscule R Or on its chest, third Or a demi-lion couped palewise Gules; both hybrids crowned Or[2]
Lower Silesia Coat of arms of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesia
Dolnośląskie
Or an eagle Sable, on its chest and wings a crescent Argent, issuant therefrom a crosslet of the same
Lubelskie Coat of arms of the Lublin Voivodeship Lublin
Lubelskie
Gules a stag springing Argent gorged with a coronet Or
Lubuskie Coat of arms of the Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz
Lubuskie
Per pale, first Gules a demi-eagle Argent crowned, beaked and membered Or, with a cloverstalk and tailed with a collar of the same, second Vert two six-pointed mullets Or in pale
Masovia Coat of arms of the Masovian Voivodeship Masovia
Mazowieckie
Gules an eagle Argent beaked, langued and membered Or
Opolskie Coat of arms of the Opole Voivodeship Opole
Opolskie
Azure an eagle crowned Or
Podlachia Coat of arms of the Podlachian Voivodeship Podlachia
Podlaskie
Gules party per fess, first an eagle Argent beaked, langued and membered Or, second a knight in armor and helmet Argent, with spurs Or, brandishing in his dexter hand a sword Argent Or and holding in his sinister hand an escutcheon of Azure a patriarchal cross Or, on a horse Argent saddled Azure and bridled Or
Pomerania Coat of arms of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomerania
Pomorskie
Or a griffin Sable langued Gules
Silesia Coat of arms of the Silesian Voivodeship Silesia
Śląskie
Azure an eagle Or
Subcarpathia Coat of arms of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship Subcarpathia
Podkarpackie
Per pale, first Gules a griffn segreant Agrent crowned, beaked, langued and armed Or, second Azure a lion rampant crowned Or, langued Gules, over all in chief a cross pattée Argent
Świętokrzyskie Coat of arms of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Świętokrzyskie
Świętokrzyskie
Quarterly, first Azure a patriarchal cross Or, second Gules an eagle Argent beaked and membered Or, third barry of eight Gules and Argent, fourth Azure nine six-pointed mullets Or in three rows of three each
Warmia-Masuria Coat of arms of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Warmia-Masuria
Warmińsko-Mazurskie
Gules per fess, the base per pale, first an eagle Argent crowned, beaked, langued and membered Or, with cloverstalks of the same; second the Holy Lamb Argent nimbed Or with a cross Gules, holding a cross-staff Or with a banner of Argent a cross Gules, bleeding Gules into a chalice Or; third an eagle Sable beaked, membered and with clovestalks Or, gorged with a coronet of the same, on its chest the majuscule S also of the same
West Pomerania Coat of arms of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship West Pomerania
Zachodniopomorskie
Argent a griffin Gules beaked and armed Or

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  1. ^ (Polish) Herb województwa małopolskiego. Studium historyczno-heraldyczne. Województwo Małopolskie. Urząd Marszałkowski w Krakowie (April 1999). Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
  2. ^ (Polish) Adamczewski, Marek. Herb Województwa Łódzkiego czyli trzy w jednym bez łódki. Województwo Łódzkie. Urząd Marszałkowski w Łodzi. Retrieved on 2007-11-01.