Coat of arms of Biaroza

The coat of arms of the town of Biaroza in Brest Region, Belarus, in its current version was officially adopted in 2008[1] basing on an earlier version developed in the 1990s.

Coat of arms of Biaroza
ArmigerCity of Biaroza
Adopted2008 (previous version in 1997)
BlazonShield horizontally divided into the larger blue part and a white tip of the shield, separated by a white and a blue waved lines; in the blue field, a silver monastery gate.

Unlike many other towns and cities in Belarus, historically Biaroza had no Magdeburg rights and therefore no coat of arms before the late 20th century.

Symbolism

The monastery gate symbolizes the Biaroza Charterhouse, the town’s most important landmark. The waved lines symbolize the river Jasielda on which Biaroza is located.

Earlier version

The first version of the coat of arms was developed in the 1990s by Rolf Grotrian, a German owner of a design bureau who was engaged in residential construction projects in Biaroza at that time.

The coat of arms was described as a silver shield horizontally divided by a blue waved line, above the line a red monastery gate and below the line a green leave of a birch tree.[2]

References
  1. Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 2 декабря 2008 г. №659 "Об учреждении официальных геральдических символов административно-территориальных и территориальных единиц Брестской области" [Decree by the President of the Republic of Belarus from 2 December 2008 No 659 “On the establishment of official heraldic symbols of administrative territorial units of the Brest Region”] (in Russian)
  2. ГЕРБЫ ГОРОДОВ БРЕСТСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ - Береза Бяроза Bereza [Coats of arms of towns in the Brest Region - Biaroza] (in Russian)
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