Kotwica (

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for "

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") is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several ''

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'' (noble) families under the

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History

The ''Kotwica'' coat of arms was particularly popular among families of foreign origin indigenated in the

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Gules In heraldry, gules () is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple). Gules is portrayed in heraldic hatch ...

, an

Argent In heraldry, argent () is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to b ...

anchor, with three lopped branches on the dexter, all proper, debruised of a loop or anille in chief, also proper. Out of a crest coronet, three feathers. Alternatively the shield is

and the anchor Black, Brunatre or Or.

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this

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have included: *

Hugo Kołłątaj Hugo Stumberg Kołłątaj, also spelled ''Kołłątay'' (1 April 1750 – 28 February 1812), was a prominent Polish constitutional reformer and educationalist, and one of the most prominent figures of the Enlightenment in Poland, Polish Enlighten ...

, priest, politician, co-author of the

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; *

Andrzej Suski Andrzej Wojciech Suski (born 24 December 1941) is a retired Polish Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Toruń, Toruń from 1992 to 2017. Prior to that, he was Auxiliary Bishop o ...

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Toruń Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

History

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Notable bearers

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