Coat of arms of Ustka

The new rendering of the arms of Ustka in 2006. The mermaid now has fuller breasts, yet still lacks a navel.
The old rendering of the arms of Stolpmünde in 1922.
The arms on a local monument commemoration Stolpmünde war dead.

The original coat of arms of Ustka, Poland (German Stolpmünde) was created in 1922 by local artist Wilhelm Granzow.[1]

The artist depicted the ship, mermaid and fish on the arms of his hometown of Stolpmünde, which symbolize the town's main sources of income: the seaport, tourism and fishery respectively. The coat of arms can be found in various places throughout the city, with the most remarkable of these being the 1922 monument by sculptor Josef Thorak named Der sterbende Krieger (The Dying Warrior) which commemorates the 76 inhabitants that perished during the First World War.

After the town became part of Poland the city arms of Stolpmünde were retained.

  1. ^ According to an exposition in the museum in Ustka.