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![[Ostrodzki county flag]](../images/p/pl-wm-os.gif)
image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 10 Jul 2001
Gminy (districts) in Ostróda County:
Regarding the flag: Proportions 5:8. Some dimensional info, inter alia
that the distance from each extremity of the rose to the red bars is 1/10
of the length of the flag.
Robert Czernkowski, 12 Sep 2000
![[Ostródzki county Coat of Arms]](../images/p/pl)wm-os.gif)
image from this
site.
This shield shape is referred to as "Spanish". The arms refer to historical
facts, such as the battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg) and the incorporation
of Prussia into Poland. The knight refers to the second seal of Ostroda
from around 1440, linked with the then founded Prussian Association/Union,
and linked indirectly with Polish knights from the time of the Battle of
Grunwald and also linked to Jan Bazynski.
The rose is the symbol of the Prussian Association/Union, while it
was also the chief motif on the seal of Jan Bazynski. Thus the knight
and rose together symbolise Jan Bazynski - knight and ziemianin (I think
it means landowner - moze mi ktos pomoc?) - the most significant
historic person linked with the area of the present county. He was the
first governor of Royal Prussia (the part incorporated into Poland), thanks
to his efforts to join Prussia to Poland. Most of his lands lay in the
area of the present county.
Robert Czernkowski, 12 Sep 2000