Korczak is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several noble families of Clan Korczak in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History The coat of arms has Hungarian origins; the three bars represent the Danube, Tisza (or Drava), and Sava rivers. Earliest mention – 1142 annum (Ogród królewski, Paprocki Bartłomiej, D. Siedlczański, Praga, 1599). The first mention of the coat of arms was 1368, while the oldest known seal bearing the coat dates to 1432. The Gorajscy family was the first to use the seal. Bearers are largely made up of noble families from Red Ruthenia and Lesser Poland. The arms were confirmed in Lithuania at Union of Horodło (1413). Blazon Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: Komorowski family Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Inspector General of the Armed Forces of Poland Countess Anna Maria Komorowska, mother of Queen Mathilde of Belgium Gertruda Komorowska Branicki family Franciszek Ksawery Branicki Katarzyna Branicka Jan Andrzej Prochnicki Biskup Kamieniecki i protektor zakonu kawalerów maltańskich na terenie Rzeczypospolitej. Fundator kolegium jezuitów w Kamieńcu Podolskim. W 1614 został przeniesiony na stanowisko arcybiskupa lwowskiego Władysław Grzegorz Branicki Zofia Branicka Bronisław Komorowski, Incumbent and Acting President of Poland (in fact of the Dołęga coat of arms) Janusz Korczak-Ziolkowski Polish-British artist Ivan Horbachevsky (1854-1942) — Ukrainian chemist and politician. First Health minister of Austria-Hungary Maria Zankovetska (1854-1934) — Ukrainian theater actress Yosyf Shumlyansky (18643-1708) — Eastern Catholic (previously Orthodox) bishop of the Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm Korczak Ziolkowski Dymitr z Goraja Jerzy Wołodyjowski, on whom the fictional Michał Wołodyjowski is based Boris Korczak Gallery See also Polish heraldry Heraldic family List of Polish nobility coats of arms Korczak Ziolkowski Bibliography Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. . Ogród królewski, Paprocki Bartłomiej, D. Siedlczański, Praga, 1599 r. http://www.dbc.wroc.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=2267&from=the%20PIONIER%20DLF References Polish coats of arms Ukrainian coats of arms