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by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 5 Aug 2001, after image by Petr Exner;
flag adopted 15 Jul 1993
Karviná (German: Karwin) is east of Ostrava, with (1980) 78.000 inhabitants
in a lumbering and coal-mining area; held by Poland 1938-45.
Jarig Bakker, 6 Aug 2001
Karviná city coat of arms
image from this
site, spotted by Jarig Bakker, 6 Aug 2001