Coat of arms of Timișoara

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Coat of arms of Timișoara
ArmigerCity of Timișoara
Adopted1995
CrestA silver mural crown with seven towers
UseOn the city hall's and local council's documents

The current coat of arms of Timișoara was adopted in 1995 and modified in 2009.

Description and symbolism

The

Eugene of Savoy – the man who liberated Timișoara from the Turks.[3]
The addition of the tricolor flag commemorates both the importance of the city in the revolution and the death toll suffered by the city during the events, for which it has been proclaimed by law a martyr city.

In the bottom part of the shield lies the image of the medieval city with its public and industrial buildings, surrounded by the citadels of the

anthropomorphic Sun and a waning crescent Moon (symbol of the Turks defeated by the Christians), a common symbolism in Romania and especially in Transylvania and Banat
.

Until the changes in 2009, since the coat of arms from 1995 was not approved by the Government,[4] the larger shield featured a smaller shield, divided party-per-cross, with the first and fourth quarter argent, and the second and third sable. This is the insignia of the Royal House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen,[5] the ruling dynasty of Romania until the abolition of monarchy in the coup of 1947.

Above the shield is a silver mural crown, symbolizing the status of the city as county seat municipality.[6]

History

The city's first recorded coat of arms dates back to 1781, when Timișoara was proclaimed a royal free city with the right to its own coat of arms and seal.[7] The shield has remained relatively unchanged in history – the only changes since the 19th century have been the replacement of a baroque cartouche with a shield, the replacement of a gold crown with diamonds with a mural crown, the removal of the supporters (two sable horses) and addition of the Romanian revolutionary flag after 1989.

References

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  2. ISSN 2285-5130
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  3. ^ Széll, Sándor (1941). Városaink neve, címere és lobogója. Budapest: A Vármegyei Szociográfiák Kiadóhivatala.
  4. ^ "Stema Timișoarei, ilegală din 1995. O folosim așa de 21 de ani, pe documente oficiale". TION. 1 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Însemnul Casei Regale de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen va fi scos din stema Timișoarei". Ziua. 16 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Hotărârea nr. 237/30.06.2009 privind aprobarea Stemei Municipiului Timișoara" (PDF). Timișoara HCL.
  7. ^ Schuster, Else von. "Stema și Sigiliul". Timișoara, "Mica Vienă" de altă dată. Archived from the original on 2007-06-02.
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