Ogończyk coat of arms

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Ogończyk
Ogończyk
Battle cryPowała, Sudkowicz
Alternative name(s)Cauda, Hogon, Ogon, Ogoniec, Powała, Pogończyk
Earliest mention1384
Families
566[1] names
CitiesNekla, Pińczów
GminasGmina Boniewo, Gmina Kikół, Gmina Kotlin

Ogończyk is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

History[]

Although the coat of arms was first mentioned in an armorial of 1384, it is probable that it stems from early mediaeval Slavic signs for marking the cattle. After the Union of Horodło of 1413 several Lithuanian boyar families were adopted to it. With time it also spread to Prussia, where several Germanized families used it.

Blazon[]

Gules, half an argent arrow heading upwards, supported by half of a ring. Out of the crest coronet two bare maiden hands (sometimes armed hands), holding a ring, all proper.

Notable bearers[]

Ogończyk in the tympanon of a palace in Czacz

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:

  • Ireneusz Roszkowski (1909–1996), Polish professor, founder of modern Polish gynaecology and obstetrics, a humanist, precursor of prenatal medicine
  • Wojciech Roszkowski born 1947, Polish historian and writer, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2004–2009
  • (1904-1992), Polish painter (pl)
  • (1886-1944), Polish zoologist (pl)
  • born 1961, Polish painter (pl)
  • Kazimierz Twardowski
  • Krzysztof Wiesiołowski
  • Stanisław Chodecki
  • House of Działyński
  • (pl)
  • Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff
  • Count
  • Marceli Żółtowski
  • (pl)
  • Ivan Kotliarevsky (1769–1838), Ukrainian writer, poet and playwright
  • Mykola Stakhovsky (1879–1948), Ukrainian diplomat, politician, medic.
  • Oleksander Ohonovsky (1848–1891), Ukrainian lawyer, legal scholar, and civic leader.

See also[]

  • Polish heraldry
  • Heraldic family
  • List of Polish nobility coats of arms

Bibliography[]

  • Bartosz Paprocki: Herby rycerstwa polskiego na pięcioro ksiąg rozdzielone, Kraków, 1584.
  • Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. ISBN 978-83-60597-10-1.
  • Alfred Znamierowski: Herbarz rodowy. Warszawa: Świat Książki, 2004. ISBN 83-7391-166-9. str. 139

References[]

  1. ^ Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku (2007)
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