Editing European bison (section)

==Cultural significance==
[[File:Hajnowka pomnik Zubra ogolny.jpg|thumb|European bison monument in [[Hajnówka]]]]
Representations of the European bison from different ages, across millennia of human society's existence, can be found throughout Eurasia in the form of drawings and [[Petroglyph|rock carvings]]; one of the oldest and most famous instances of the latter can be found in the [[Cave of Altamira]], present-day Spain, where cave art featuring the wisent from the [[Upper Paleolithic]] was discovered.<ref name=sztych2014>{{Cite journal|author=Sztych, D.|title=Żubr w kulturze|journal=Życie Weterynaryjne|volume=89|issue=10|pages=857–865|date=2014}}</ref> The bison has also been represented in a wide range of art in human history, such as sculptures, paintings, photographs, [[glass art]], and more.<ref name=sztych2008>{{Cite journal|author=Sztych, D.|title=Kulturotwórcza rola żubra|journal=European Bison Conservation Newsletter|volume=1|issue=2008|pages=161–190|date=2008}}</ref> Sculptures of the wisent constructed in the 19th and 20th centuries continue to stand in a number of European cities; arguably the most notable of these are the [[:pl:Posąg Żubra w Spale|zubr statue in Spała from 1862]] designed by [[Mihály Zichy]] and the two bison sculptures in [[Kiel]] sculpted by [[August Gaul]] in 1910–1913. However, a number of other monuments to the animal also exist, such as those in [[Hajnówka]] and [[Pszczyna]] or at the [[Kyiv Zoo]] entrance.<ref name=sztych2008 /><ref name=sztych2014 /> [[Mikołaj Hussowczyk]], a poet writing in Latin about the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] during the early 16th century, described the bison in a historically significant fictional work from 1523.<ref>{{cite book|last=Дарашкевіч|first=Віктар|year=1980|title=Паэма жыцця // Песня пра зубра|location=Minsk|pages=171–184}}</ref>

The European bison is considered one of the national animals of Poland and Belarus.<ref name="all about bison" /> Due to this and the fact that half of the worldwide European bison population can be found spread across these two countries,<ref name="lbn-pż" /> the wisent is still featured prominently in the [[heraldry]] of these neighbouring states (especially in the overlapping region of [[Eastern Poland]] and [[Western Belarus]]).<ref name=sztych2008 /> Examples in Poland include the coats of arms of: the counties of [[Hajnówka County|Hajnówka]] and [[Zambrów County|Zambrów]], the towns [[Sokółka]] and [[Żywiec]], the villages [[Białowieża]] and [[Narewka]], as well as the coats of arms of the [[Pomian coat of arms|Pomian]] and [[Wieniawa coat of arms|Wieniawa]] families. Examples in Belarus include the [[Grodno Region|Grodno]] and [[Brest Region|Brest]] voblasts, the town of [[Svislach]], and others. The European bison can also be found on the coats of arms of places in neighbouring countries: [[Perloja]] in southern Lithuania, [[Lypovets]] and [[Zubrytsia]] in west-central Ukraine, and [[Zubří (Vsetín District)|Zubří]] in east Czechia – as well as further outside the region, such as [[Kortezubi]] in the Basque Country, and [[Jabel]] in Germany.

A flavoured vodka called [[Żubrówka]] ({{IPAc-pl|ʐuˈbrufka}}), originating as a recipe of the [[szlachta]] of the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]] in the 14th century, has since 1928 been industrially produced as a brand in Poland.<ref name="żubrówka">{{cite web|title = Żubrówka – kultowa wódka z trawką. Powstawanie, historia, drinki.|url = https://poranny.pl/zubrowka-kultowa-wodka-z-trawka-powstawanie-historia-drinki/ar/5351702|publisher = Kurier Poranny|author = Janka Werpachowska|date = 25 December 2010|access-date = 3 December 2019|archive-date = 3 December 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191203162148/https://poranny.pl/zubrowka-kultowa-wodka-z-trawka-powstawanie-historia-drinki/ar/5351702|url-status = live}}</ref> In the decades that followed, it became known as the "world's best known Polish vodka"<ref>{{cite web|title = Żubrówka|url = http://www.roust.com/brands/zubrowka|publisher = Roust|access-date = 2 December 2019|archive-date = 3 December 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191203172512/http://www.roust.com/brands/zubrowka|url-status = live}}</ref> and sparked the creation of a number of copy brands inspired by the original in Belarus, Russia, Germany, as well as other brands in Poland.<ref>{{cite web|title = Nie każdy może sprzedawć "żubrówkę". Witas: Nie tolerujemy, gdy ktoś do butelki wkłada trawę|url = https://prawo.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/886588,prawo-wlasnosci-intelektualnej-nie-kazdy-moze-sprzedawc-zubrowke.html|publisher = Gazeta Prawna|author = Patryk Słowik|date = 4 August 2015|access-date = 3 December 2019|archive-date = 3 December 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191203163954/https://prawo.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/886588,prawo-wlasnosci-intelektualnej-nie-kazdy-moze-sprzedawc-zubrowke.html|url-status = live}}</ref> The original Polish brand is known for placing a decorative blade of [[Hierochloe odorata|bison grass]] from the [[Białowieża Forest]] in each bottle of their product; both the plant's name in Polish and the vodka are named after ''żubr'', the Polish name for the European bison.<ref name="żubrówka"/> The bison also appears commercially as a symbol of a number of other Polish brands, such as the popular beer brand [[Żubr (beer)|Żubr]] and on the logo of Poland's second largest bank, [[Bank Polska Kasa Opieki|Bank Pekao S.A.]]<ref name=sztych2008 />