Dziewiętnastowieczny projekt herbu Rychwała. Wyrozumowana kreacja historyków i heraldyków z 1847 roku .
19th-century Design of the Rychwał Coat of Arms. Reasonable Creation of Historians and Heraldists from 1847

Summary/Abstract: In 1847 historians and heraldists connected with Heraldry of the Kingdom of Poland prepared an album with 456 designs of coats of arms of cities located in the Russian partition. Among the signs designed then was the coat of arms of Rychwał. The coat of arms of a historical town - including the coat of arms of Rychwał - should refer to the signs used by this town in the past. Heraldists, dealing with municipal coats of arms, therefore turn to old seals or other sources that allow them to reconstruct a forgotten coat of arms. However, the researchers of the Heroldia of the Kingdom of Poland in 1847 did not find a seal of Rychwał from the period before the fall of the first Polish state. Thus, they did not know the historical town sign of Rychwał and for this reason they have prepared a completely new coat of arms. The inspiration for the new coat of arms of Rychwał came from the ruins of the manor house of the owner of Rychwał from the pre-partition period and the coat of arms of the owner of Rychwał from the time of creating the new coat of arms. City coat of arms of Rychwał from 1847, due to the lack of knowledge about the historical city coat of arms, was accepted. We find it in heraldic publications. Finding the historical town seal of Rychwał, which took place in modern times, was a turning point in the history of the coat of arms of this city. The historical town sign of Rychwał, which is evident from the found seal, was a tree trunk with sharply pointed branches. Coat of arms from 1847, in view of finding a source with a historical sign, was rejected. Currently work is underway to explain the origin and meaning of the symbolism contained in the tree trunk with pointed (sharpened) branches, which in the pre-partition period was the sign of Rychwał.

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