The Arms of the City after the year 1502 :: Official website of Košice

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The Arms of the City after the year 1502

1. Golden chalice from 1503 with arms of the city decorated with precious stones, pearl and enamel, from the treasury of the city's parish church - St.Elizabeth's Cathedral. Missing since 1939.

2. Detail of the city arms.

1. Detail of the altar painting in the chapel of St.Anne of the Mettescium with the arms of the city from the 15th century, in St.Elizabeth's Cathedral.

2. Silver crook of the priest of Košice with the city arms 1717-1728.

Szilassy monstrance, silver, 1m high, and detail showing the city arms from 1770.

The old Town Hall, and detail of the city arms from 1779.


City arms in the conference chamber of the County Hall, seat of the Lord of Abov and Turňa county and the city of Košice from 1779.

Building of the regional museum, erected by the city at the turn of this century, and detail of the city arms.

Entrance to the builing which housed the former central administration of the city, and detail of the arms placed there in 1977.

Plaque of the city of Košice, medal commemorating the visit of Emperor Franz Jozef in 1857; plaque of City of Košice from 1965, medal commemorating the 750th anniversary of the first written mention of the city in 1980.

1. City tax stamp from 1913.

2. Badge of the city police and fire brigade from the period of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.

1. Seal of the parish of the city of Košice from the 19 th century, which still used the original seal image of St.Elizabeth after more then five centuries.

2. Cover of an award of honorary citizenship granted by the city in 1861.