Coat of arms of Kłodzko

Coat of Arms of Kłodzko - it shows a white Bohemian Lion on a red field with a golden crown and a double tail. Coat of arms comes from the dynasty of Czech kings Premyslids.

Residents of Kłodzko given by the ruler of the Bohemia Přemysl Otakar II of municipal rights, decided to go to the Prague court, to ask the king for granting the coat of arms, which was the most important determinant of urban in the Middle Ages. The king after adoption of the inhabitants of the delegation agreed to give Kłodzko coat, which represented the lion's crown. During the transport of stone sculptures from the image of a lion to Kłodzko accident occurred when the statue fell out of the car and burst in a place where there was a tail. Therefore, the messenger once again went to Prague where he received a new sculpture with arms, with the difference that the sculptor for the safety made lion with two tails. This time on the way back, nothing happened and the disc arrived safely to Kłodzko.

In fact, Kladsko/Kłodzko coat of arms was granted to the city by King Ottokar II sometime during his reign (1253–78). Precise date and circumstances are not known, because royal foundation charter (or its copy) has not survive. The figure of a silver lion with two tails refers to heraldic symbol of the Kingdom of Bohemia, to which all the Kłodzko Land belonged from 10th century until 1742/48. The earliest image of a lion is preserved on municipal seal originating in the third quarter of 13th century.

A similar coat of arms also bears the second biggest town in this region – Bystrzyca Kłodzka.

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