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Bądkowo rural district (Poland)

Aleksandrów Kujawski county, Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship

image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 24 Jun 2009
adopted 22 Apr 2009

Bądkowo rural district
Arms

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Bądkowo rural district

Bądkowo - rural commune, Aleksandrów Kujawski County, Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship.
Gmina Bądkowo is a rural commune in Aleksandrów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bądkowo, which
lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Aleksandrów Kujawski and 37 km (23 mi) south of Toruń.
Area: 79.7 sq.km (30.8 sq.mi); Population: 4,582 (2006).
A very much agricultural commune.
Land under cultivation - 96%, forests - 1%.

The Saint Matthew the Evangelist gothic church was originally built in 1312.
In 1920, near Bądkowo, a huge camp for Soviet POW's was located.

The brand new Arms and flag were adopted on April 22, 2009 (resolution # XXII - 135/2009).
"Arms: on the red field a golden, wavy ribbon symbolizing the river. Below it a conjoined heads of a lion (black) and an eagle (silver - white), both with golden (yellow) tongues.
Flag: a rectangle in the ratio 5:8 composed of two unequal horizontal fields: The upper one is yellow and 1/4 of the height of the flag. The lower one ts red and 3/4 of the height of the flag. On the red field the heads of the lion and the eagle (from the Arms) are placed."
Chrystian Kretowicz, 24 Jun 2009

Arms

image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 24 Jun 2009
adopted 22 Apr 2009