Borów - rural commune, Strzelin County, Dolnośląskie Voivodship - former
German name: Markt Bohrau.
The Arms and the flags were adopted in March 2004: "The self-governing
symbols of the Borów Commune trace its genesis in the traditions of the
region and in the discovery, after 1945, of the seal of the Town of Borów
with the inscription: "SIGILLUM+BORAVIEN (SIS)+CIV (ITATIS)+1664".
As the historical sources indicate, the seal and Arms of Borów (Markt
Bohrau) were forgotten around the middle of the XIX Century and the contemporary
historical literature considered them unknown.
The Arms of the Borów Commune are contained on a late-Gothic shield.
On the blue field there is an image of a woman - en face - in a red gown,
shown from the knees up and with the long, blond hair. She has a golden
crown on her head and is adorned with red jewels.
The territorial flag of the self-governing commune, commonly used, is
a horizontal rectangle in the ratio of 5:8. It is divided, theoretically,
into eight bands.
The actual flag is composed of three color bands, two of them narrow,
of equal width and one broad one having six widths of the other, narrow,
ones.
The broad band is of the red color. The bottom one is blue and the
one separating them is yellow.
The official (ceremonial) flag carries in the place of honor, in the
canton, the shield with the Arms of the Commune."
Chrystian Kretowicz, 23 Sep 2008
Borów ceremonial flag
image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 23 Sep 2008
adopted Mar 2004
Borów old flag
image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 23 Sep 2008
Borów Coat of Arms
image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 23 Sep 2008
adopted Mar 2004
![[Borów rural district flag]](../images/p/pl-ds-bw.gif)
image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 23 Sep 2008
![[Borów ceremonial flag]](../images/p/pl-ds_bw.gif)
image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 23 Sep 2008
![[Borów old flag]](../images/p/pl-ds0bw.gif)
image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 23 Sep 2008
![[Borów coat of arms]](../images/p/pl-ds)bw.gif)
image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 23 Sep 2008
