Korczak is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several noble families of Clan Korczak in the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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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.
Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:
Komorowski family
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, general
Anna Maria Komorowska, mother of Queen Mathilde of Belgium
Gertruda Komorowska
Branicki family
Franciszek Ksawery Branicki
Katarzyna Branicka
Władysław Grzegorz Branicki
Zofia Branicka
Horodyski family
Bronisław Komorowski, President of Poland
Ivan Horbachevsky (1854–1942), Ukrainian chemist and politician.
Maria Zankovetska (1854–1934, Ukrainian actress
Yosyf Shumlyansky (1643–1708), bishop
Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm
Korczak Ziolkowski
Dymitr z Goraja
Boris Korczak
Stefan Horodyński
Józef Wereszczyński, 16th century bishop