Coat of arms of the municipality Wietrzychowice

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Coat of arms of the municipality Wietrzychowice

The coat of arms of the commune of Wietrzychowice is:

In the blue field, a silver wavy raffle (construction) or rosette goes up to the upper edge of the blade, and between its shoulders a shallow rooted tree with six boughs of gold.

Where the wavy rosette or rafter symbolizes the two main rivers of the commune: Wisła and Dunajec, between which the municipality of Wietrzychowice is located. Since the beginning of history, the lives of the inhabitants of the land of Strzelow have been dependent on the rivers Vistula and Dunajec. These rivers served as a convenient transport route, but they also constituted an unstoppable element during numerous floods and floods. The municipality of Wietrzychowice is located on the floodplain valleys of the Vistula River and the Dunajec River with many characteristic old river beds, marshes, meadows and pastures crossed by drainage ditches. These as well as along the dirt roads, overgrown - characteristic for the Strzelow landscape - willows and clumps of wicker. Typically Polish willow is the most common tree here.

Justification of colors: blue is a Marian color, and one of the colors of the Leliwite - Wodzicki, who were longtime owners of villages in the municipality. The blue color is also the color of the sky, truth, loyalty, fidelity, constancy and air. Gold (yellow) symbolizes divine majesty, as well as the king - as anointed God, revelation of the Holy Spirit and nobility. Most of the area of ​​the municipality occupy arable land, where the most expensive product of this land - cereals. Cereals of the summer are the only ones that ripen in the summer. Silver (white) is a symbol of cleanliness, honesty, peace and water, among others. Vistula and Dunajec.

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