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![[Konecki county flag]](../images/p/pl-sw_ko.gif)
image by Jens Pattke, 4 Nov 2001
To make sure of the right flag I have found the text of the law governing the Konskie flag:
"Flag established by the decision # XII/54/99 of County Council of Konskie
on 10 Nov 10 1999 concerning introduction of the arms and flag of Konskie
County.
In that decision:
§ 4 The flag of the county is ordered in accordance with the
graphic and color drawing contained as an addendum # 2 to this decision.
§ 5 The flag is rectangular in proportions 8 : 5 and represents
4 equal horizontal stripes in red, white, yellow and light blue colors.
§ 6 1. The flag of the county is raised on or in front
of the buildings being the official headquarters or sites of the meetings
of the organs of the county.
2. Raised on the flagpole,
the flag's upper edge is on the left side to the observer. Moving part
of the upper edge of the flag is fastened to the flagpole.
3.It is permitted to allow
use of small renditions of the flag as table-flags or pennants.
Arms and flag were positively approved by the minister responsible
for public administration (28 Mar 2000)"
Jens Pattke, 21 Nov - translation from Polish by Chrystian
Kretowicz.
Konskie, the seat of the county, is a city in south-central Poland,
with a population of 23.000, 50 km NW of Kielce, the seat of Świętokrzyskie
Voivodship.
Bartłomiej Kachniarz, 11 Dec 2000
![[Konecki county erroneous (?) flag]](../images/p/pl-sw-ko.gif)
image by Pascal Gross, 8 Dec 2000 after image from this
site, reported by Jarig Bakker, 10 Sept 2000
Description of the flag: Divided horizontally into four bends of equal
breadth: yellow, red, white, blue. The colors of the flag are those of
the Coat of Arms.
Bartłomiej Kachniarz, 11 Dec 2000
![[Konecki county Coat of Arms]](../images/p/pl)sw-ko.gif)
image from this
site, reported by Jarig Bakker, 10 Sept 2000
Description of the Coat of Arms: The chief per pale; 1: per fess gules
and argent, 2: azure, two stars or; in base: gules, a waterwheel or.
The Coat of Arms was derived from the Coat of Arms of Świętokrzyskie
Voivodship by taking the main motifs only. In the lower part of the
Coat of Arms, the wheel symbolizes perfection and also the iron production
which was very important for the county’s economy from 15. through 19.
centuries. It stands for the numerous blacksmith workshops and water mills
around the county.
Bartłomiej Kachniarz, 11 Dec 2000