Kamjanez-Podilskyj (Ukraine)
Wiesbaden now also has a Ukrainian twin city: On September 11, 2023, the partnership agreements between Kamjanez-Podilskyj and Wiesbaden were ceremoniously signed.
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As part of a delegation visit from Kamjanez-Podilskyj, the partnership agreements were signed by the two mayors at a ceremony in Wiesbaden City Hall on September 11, 2023.
1601 kilometers lie between the two town halls of Wiesbaden and the western Ukrainian city of Kamjanez-Podilskyj. Around 100,000 inhabitants live in the third oldest city in Ukraine, which has developed into one of the most important tourist centers in western Ukraine since the end of the 1990s and delights visitors with its fascinating history, picturesque old town and hospitable population.
Wiesbaden and Kamjanez-Podilskyj have been connected for over three decades through the "Partnerschaftsverein Wiesbaden * Kamjanez-Podilskyj e.V.". Over the past 30 years, countless aid transports have been organized and donations collected to support local projects.
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Coat of arms of Kamjanez-Podilskyj
The blue field of the coat of arms features a golden, smiling sun with sixteen rays. This coat of arms of the city is the historical coat of arms of Podillia. The radiant sun with sixteen rays is reminiscent of the times when the peoples of the world, including our ancestors, worshipped the sky and the celestial bodies with symbolic images on rocks, cave walls, and various objects. Like other celestial bodies, the sun was a symbol of fertility.