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Swidnik city (Poland)

Swidnik county, Lubelskie vojvodship

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[Swidnik commune flag] image by Gunnar Staack, 22 Oct 2001 See also:

安idnik city flag

Image based on Flaga 12.
The first recorded mention of 安idnik comes from 1392 when Wladyslaw Jagiello conferred 安idnik Major administration office upon Peter of Moszyna. Then, the village started functioning under German law (so far, it had had Polish law) and the village administrator was obliged to join the cavalry during wars. 安idnik Major consisted of two feuds together with meadows and an inn. Over the following centuries, together with changes of owners of the villages, the names 安idnik Major and 安idnik Minor appeared in written sources quite often. The present form of the name: 安idnik originated only in the second half of the 18th century. Before, the town was known as "de Swidniki" (1417) or "Swydnyk" (1470). The name itself comes from a plant (lat. Cornus Sanguinea) growing on wet soil. Population on 1 January 2001: 41 112.
Information from this website.
Jarig Bakker, 25 Apr 2002

安idnik city ceremonial flag

[Swidnik city ceremonial flag] image by Gunnar Staack, 22 Oct 2001

Image based on Flaga 12.
Gunnar Staack, 22 Oct 2001

安idnik commune CoA

[Swidnik commune CoA] image from this website.