Draft:The coat of arms of Galicia and Lodomeria

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The coat of arms of Galicia and Lodomeria existed in several versions, and its origins date back to the 16th century, although according to the official terminology its origins date back to the Middle Ages.

The first version, introduced in the lands occupied as a result of the First Partition of Poland, was officially established by the Hungarian court chancellery in October 1772. The coat of arms of Galicia showed three golden crowns in a blue field, while the coat of arms of Lodomeria showed two silver-red sixfold checkered beams, also in a blue field. The three crowns, also found in Western European heraldry, are identified with the coat of arms of the Kraków chapter from the end of the 13th century, which in turn is identified with the coat of arms of the Kraków archdiocese. The Lodomeria checkerboard, known since the 16th century, has no source justification, so it is probably the work of the imperial chancellery. Both of them first appeared on the seals of the majestic emperors and Hungarian kings from the Habsburg dynasty in the 16th century (starting with Ferdinand I) these were the so-called claim coats of arms to the medieval principalities Galicia and Volhynia.

Both coats of arms were initially combined on a bipartite shield in a column: Galicia in the right field, Lodomeria in the left field – the shield was topped with a royal crown. They also appeared on the reverses of 15 and 30 kreuzer coins, minted in the 1770s.

In 1782, Emperor Joseph II Habsburg introduced a new coat of arms on a four-part shield – in fields 1 and 2 Galicia and Lodomeria, and in fields 3 and 4 the coats of arms symbolizing Oświęcim and Zator (eagles with the letters O and Z). This shield was used practically until the end of the Habsburg Monarchy, including on seals. The coat of arms of Galicia and Lodomeria was also found in the great coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire in 1790 (without the eagles of Oświęcim and Zator

In 1804, after the creation of the Austrian Empire, the coat of arms of Galicia changed slightly. The blue shield was divided by a red stripe and in the upper field there was a black coffee beetle, referring to the historical coat of arms of the Galician land, known since the 15th century. In the lower field there were still three crowns. The coat of arms of Lodomeria was from that moment on used only in the expanded coat of arms of the province - a three-part shield, in the upper field Lodomeria, in the lower fields the duchies of Oświęcim and Zator, and on the heart shield Galicia (it was found, among others, in the middle coat of arms of the Empire from 1806).

Until 1806, the great coat of arms of the monarchy included coats of arms symbolizing the territories of the so-called New Galicia – the Habsburgs' acquisitions from the Third Partition. In most cases, the old Polish coats of arms were preserved. The coat of arms of the Crown Land was also found in simplified versions on some newly created city coats of arms, including Rudnik nad Sanem.

The new coat of arms of Galicia and Lodomeria was used until 1918, and on some seals even during the Second Polish Republic; deformed elements were preserved after World War II in the coats of arms of some localities (e.g. Mszana Dolna, the commune of Padew Narodowa).