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![[Nowy Targ county flag]](../images/p/pl-mp-nt.gif)
by Pascal Gross, 1 Oct 2000, after image from this
site, reported by Jarig Bakker, 1 Oct 2000
Nowy Targ County (Powiat Nowotarski) is in Malopolskie Voivodship. Its capital, Nowy Targ (meaning "New Market", German: Neumarkt), is a town of 36000 inhabitants, about 80 km south of Cracow. The city was founded in 1238.
The CoA of Nowy Targ County was adopted by a resolution of the County
Council on August 11, 2000. On field gules there is a crown or and a scepter
or, diagonally placed. The crown is shaped after the crown of Casimir the
Great, king of Poland 1333-1370, who spurred the economic development of
the area. In 1346 Casimir re-incorporated the city of Nowy Targ. The scepter
is shaped afted that of sculpture of Our Lady of Ludzmierz, representation
of Mary highly revered among the local inhabitants, mostly highlanders.
The scepter is placed diagonally to commemorate an event which happened
in Ludzmierz in
1963. During the feast of Assumption, the primate of Poland, Stefan
cardinal Wyszynski was crowning the sculpture. After the crowning, four
bishops carried the sculpture back to the parochial church. As they leaned
to one side, the sculpture's scepter fell out and the one to catch it in
the air was Karol Wojtyla, then bishop of Cracow. It was later interpreted
as a sign that he would be elected pope.
The flag of Nowy Targ County, adopted on the same day, consists of three
horizontal parallel bends: white, yellow and red, of different width (2/5,
1/5, 2/5). The colours are those of Malopolskie
Voivodship. Together with other county flags of Malopolskie Voivodship
(e.g. Miechow) it constitutes a modern flag
system.
Bartek Kachniarz, 6 Nov 2000
![[Nowy Targ county CoA]](../images/p/pl-mp)nt.jpg)
image from this
site, reported by Jarig Bakker, 1 Oct 2000
![[Nowy Targ city CoA]](../images/p/pl-mp)ng.jpg)
image from this site,
reported by Jarig Bakker, 21 Jul 2002
This is St Catherine of Alexandria (d. 307), the patron saint of Nowy
Targ.
Jarig Bakker, 21 Jul 2002
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