The Coat of Arms of Kamionka – Sources and Content

Abstract

The article presents the history of the Kamionka coat of arms in the Lubelskie Voivodeship. The author presents the genesis, sources and content of the coat of arms used by the city authorities in the eighties of the sixteenth century. It was a golden period in the city's development. The author also presents other heraldic and sphragistic sources that may affect the process of creating the city's coat of arms. This analysis was submitted to the local government of Kamionka, which obtained city rights on January 1, 2021, and began preparations for the establishment of the coat of arms and other symbols. They were completed on November 30, 2021 with the adoption of a resolution on the establishment of the symbols of the Kamionka Commune and the rules for their use based on the conclusions presented here.