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92: 271:, as a symbol of the Łódź Voivodeship. The coat of arms was divided vertically into two stripes, white on the left, and red on the right. The left side featured a left-facing half of a red lion with a red tongue and yellow (golden) claws. The right side featured a right-facing white eagle with yellow (golden) beak and legs. Both creatures were joined, and wore a single yellow (golden) crown of their heads. Additionally, the Regional Assembly also created a flag, that was divided vertically into two equal stripes, a yellow on the top, and a golden on the bottom, and with the coat of arms of the Łęczyca County in the middle. The flag was proposed by Ryszard Bonisławski. Such usage of the coat of arms had been protested by the Łęczyca County, and in 2000, it was criticized by the 248: 31: 204:. The charge is placed in the middle of the boundary between a middle red stripe, and a neighboring to the left, yellow stripe. The top right charge features a black left-facing eagle with orange beak and legs with black claws, joined with a red right-facing lion, with black claws and white tooth, both wearing together an orange crown. It is also placed in the middle of the boundary between a middle red stripe, and a neighboring to the right, yellow stripe. The bottom charge is a black eagle with orange beak with white tongue, and orange legs with black claws, that is placed within the middle red stripe. It has an orange capital letter 464: 200:, while the bottom one is an eagle. The top left charge, features a red left-facing half of a lion with black claws and white tooth, joined with white right-facing half of an eagle, with orange beak white tongue, and orange legs with black claws, both wearing together an orange 172:
of height to width of 5:8, which is divided into 5 vertical stripes. Those stripes are altering between red and yellow, with red stripes being located on the right and left boundary of the flag, and in its middle, while yellow ounces are located between them.
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In 2002, the Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik had commissioned Marek Adamczewski to create new coat of arms and flag. Both were officially adopted on 25 June 2002, in the resolution no. XLIV/514/2002.
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divided into five vertical stripes, which are altering between red and yellow colours. It was designed by Marek Adamczewski, and officially adopted on 25 June 2002.
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placed in its center, with two placed next to each over, on the top of the third one, that were adopted from the
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rectangle divided into 5 vertical stripes, that are altering between red and yellow
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Resolution no. XLIV/514/2002 of the Łódź Regional Assembly from 25 June 2002.
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The red and yellow colours are a reference to the two colours present in the
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utilizes the design of the civil flag, with the addition of three
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Flag of the Łódź Voivodeship
Use
civil flag
State flag of the Łódź Voivodeship
Use
state flag
civil flag
Łódź Voivodeship
Poland
rectangle
civil flag
aspect ratio
state flag
charges
coat of arms
Kuyavian Hybrids
lion
eagle
crown
R
flag and coat of arms of Łódź
subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Sieradz Voivodeship
Łęczyca Voivodeship
Rawa Voivodeship
Duchy of Rawa
High Middle Ages

Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik
Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik

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