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by Jens Pattke, 16 November 2001
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From site of Ukrainian
Heraldry:
"It was confirmed at December, 12th, 2001. There is a
rectangular panel with a ratio of the parties 2:3. From the top
and bottom edges are blue-yellow stripes (blue strip width equals
1/10 of a flag width, yellow equals 1/30 of a flag width). At the
centre of a panel is a white falcon on a green background (its
height equals 1/2 width of a flag).
Falcon is symbol of beauty, bravery. The green colour (Green
Bukovyna) means well-being and hope. Blue-yellow strips emphasize
a state belonging of area, the dark blue also personifies
greatest rivers of region. Yellow means grain fields."
Jens Pattke, 16 November 2001
Soviet era name: C^ernovicy.Area seized from Rumania in 7
August 1940
Antonio Martins , 10 July 1999
Chernivtsi Oblast's got three parts:
1. North Bukovina
2. Northern part of Bessarabia
3. Herta
All the three part was part of the Principality
of Moldova until 1775.
North Bukovina:
On 7th of May 1775 the territory of Bukovina was seized by
Austria. From 1786 Bukovina was an autonomous district of Galicia
Province. From 1849 to 1918 Bukovina was one of the Austrian
Provinces. Bukovina was an ethnic mosaic. In 1910 the province
had got 794,9 thousand settlers (38,4% Ruthenian, 34,4% Rumanian,
12,0% Jew, 9,2% German, 4,5% Polish, 1,3% Hungarians and others).
The Treaty of Saint-Germaine (1919) annexed the territory of
Bukovina (without 4 villages) from Austria to Romania. The
northern part of Bukovina was annexed to Ukraina by the Soviet
Union on 26th June 1940. Between 1941-1944 it was part of
Romania. The Treaty of Paris annexed it to the Soviet Union
(Ukraina).
Northern part of Bessarabia (or Khotin region):
On 28th of May 1812 the Treaty of Bucharest (Russia-Turkey)
annexed the territory of Bessarabia to Russia. It became
territory. In January 1918 Romania occupied the territory and
after the Treaty of Bucharest (Romania-Austria/Hungary 08. 05.
1918) annexed it . Bessarabia was annexed to the Soviet Union on
26th June 1940. The northern part of Bessarabia became part of
Ukraina (the other part (without the seashore) became the
Moldavian Republic). 1941-1944 part of Romania. The Treaty of
Paris annexed it to the Soviet Union (Ukraina).
Herta (In Rumania Herta, in Ukrainian Ghertsa (Gerca)) and
vicinity:
Until 1862 part of Moldova, after the Union
of Moldova and Wallachia it became part of Romania. On 26th
June 1940 the Soviet Union annexed the town and their vicinity.
1941-1944 part of Romania. The Treaty of Paris annexed it to the
Soviet Union (Ukraina).
Chernivtsi Oblast - Regiunea Cernauti (in Romanian) has got 844,9
thousand inhabitants (19,6% Rumanian; 1970 census).
Istvan Molnar, 6 July 2000
I believe it is actually "Chernowitz" in German. By
the way, the German name for the region (Buchenland) means
"land of beeches", as far as I know.
Santiago Dotor, 17 July 2000
It was Czernowitz until 1918. (see Stielers Handatlas 1877
& 1912; Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon, 1914,
&c. In Fischers Weltalmanach 2000 it is called Chernivtsi;
Duden Lexikon (1965) has Tschernowitz.
CoA with a big cattle-head on blue-red field; between the horns
and to the left and right of the head 3 or mullets of 6.
Landesfarben: Blue - Red (according to Brockhaus).
Jarig Bakker, 17 July 2000
from site of Ukrainian
Heraldry, located by Jarig Bakker
In 1994 the regional council of Chernivtsi confirmed a
regional Coat of Arms. A shield is cut with gules and vert. In
the right half there is the town CoA of Chernivtsi, in the left
half there are three ,one on the other, beech nuts. The shield is
crowned with an argent old Slavonic falcon and is framed with a
wreath of the beech branches which are connected with a
azure-and-yellow ribbon.
Jarig Bakker
The city (in German Czernowitz) was the capital of Bukowina or Buchenland province of the Austrian Empire to 1849-1918, (in Romanian Cernauti) the capital of Bucovina Region of the Kingdom of Romania 1918-1940 and 1941-1944, (in Russian Cernovci) the seat of Chernovickaja Oblast' of the Soviet Union 1940-1941 and 1944-1992, now (Cherivtsi) the seat of Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine.
I found the Coat of Arms of the city on the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
The modern Coat of Arms:
"The modern CoA of the town practically copies the
historical symbol. In the gate there can be seen a Trident - the
CoA of Ukraine. The laurel branches are banded with a
azure-and-yellow ribbon. The CoA is situated on a decorative or
crossbow and is crowned with an argent mauerkrone with five
embattlements."
The Coat of Arms of the Austrian period 1775-1918:
"The Austrian historian Vickenhauzer asserted that an CoA
was given to Chernivtsi in 1784. On the CoA there was a picture
of open argent gate in the opening of which is an imperial eagle
(the CoA of the ruling house of the Gabsburgers). On the eagle
there was a Gotic gules shield per fess in the middle by an
argent beam. In 1784 there was also made the first seal of the
town. It was oval, the size 40x45 mm and round the seal there was
an inscription in German "Chernivtsi, town. A seal
1784". In the center there was an open gate with seven
embattlements. Over them eight (four in a row) stones. In the
center of the opening of the gate there was an imperial eagle.
Under the gate two laurel branches in cross.On the 30th of April
1908 before celebrating the 500 anniversary of the first written
mention about Chernivtsi the magistrate of the town appealed to
the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Austro-Hungary with a request
to give the first town CoA of 1784. The town was given a patent
for the CoA - in a gules shield an open town stone gate crowned
with seven embattlements. Over the embattlements there are eight
stones in two rows (four stones in each). The stones of the upper
row were somewhat smaller than the stones of the lower row. In
the open gate a or double-headed eagle with an or crown on each
head. In its dexter foot the eagle hold a sword, in its sinister
foot there was a ball (a symbol of power). On the eagle's chest
there was an escutcheon per fess with an argent line and entwined
with the Order of the Golden Fleece. Over the eagle an imperial
crown. The two laurel branches in cross - under the town gate and
entwined with a gules-and-white ribbon. Vickenhauzer doesn't
explain any reason of using the mentioned symbols in creating the
CoA. Maybe they were characteristic of the town since the days of
Galyts'ka (Chervona) Rus'."
The Coat of Arms of the Romanian period (1918-1940,
1941-1944):
"In 1918-1940 Chernivtsi were under the Romanian
jurisdiction and the CoA didn't change much. In a gules field
there was a fortress with embattlements and with two rectangular
towers. The fortress had an open gate with an CoA of Moldova. In
chief between the towers there was an or rose. The shield is
crowned with an argent mauerkrone with seven embattlements."
The soviet Coat of Arms:
"In an azure shield is a gules arc with or sickle and
hammer. There is argent mountains in arc. In the bottom of shield
is vert branches of beech and two argent wave barrulets."
The first mention of the city is from 1408.
Some of the names of the city: Chernivtsi in Ukrainian,
Czernowitz or Tschernowitz in German, Cerna~uti in Romanian,
Chernovcy or Chernovicy in Russian, Czerniowce in Polish,
Csernovic in Hungarian, Tshernevits or Tshernovits in jiddis.
István Molnár, 6 July 2000