Talk:Coat of arms of the Pomeranian Voivodeship

Earlier origins of the Kaszub "Gryf"
Apparently, according to Florian Ceynowa, there is an earlier story behind the Kaszub Gryf. My great-great uncle and Kaszub-Canadian historian Aloysius J. Rekowski wrote: "The Kashubian author Ceynowa writes that the white griffin of the early Pomeranian people was ued as the Kaszubian emblem. When the medieval east Pomeranian Duke Swietopelk (1200-1266) established the capital of his embryonic Kashub nation at Gdansk (Danzig), the griffin was displayed over the main gate of the city. This symbol was viewed as a guarantee that the Slavic character of the city and region wuld be protected against the Germanic aggression of the Teutonic Knights, and later, the increasing power of the State of Brandenberg-Prussia. The griffin was unable to stay the subsequent rising tide of Germanization in the region which spelled doom for the Kashubs and the dream of a nation-state."-- Z blewski  |talk   22:51, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

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