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Krapina (Town, Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia)

Flag of Krapina, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 16 November 2002

Flag of Krapina
Coat of arms of Krapina
Ceremonial flag of Krapina
Former symbols of Krapina

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Flag of Krapina

The symbols of Krapina are prescribed by Decision Odluka o opisu i uporabi grba i zastave Grada Krapine, adopted in 1997 by the Town Assembly and published in the County official gazette Službeni glasnik Krapinsko-zagorske županije, No. 12.
This was amended by Decision Odluka o izmjeni i dopuni Odluke o opisu i uporabi grba i zastave Grada Krapine, adopted on 30 June 2010 by the Town Assembly and published the same day in the Town official gazette Službeni glasnik Grada Krapine, No. 5 (text).

The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, red with the coat of arms, in the middle.

Željko Heimer, 31 October 2010

Coat of arms of Krapina

Coat of arms of Krapina - Image by Željko Heimer, 24 April 2004

The modern coat of arms of Krapina is based on a seal from the 12th century, picturing the same fortified town in circular shape with the name of the town around it. The current colurs were eventually determined during the 19th century.

Željko Heimer, 16 November 2002

Ceremonial flag of Krapina

Ceremonial flag of Krapina - Image by Željko Heimer, 11 June 2004

A photo in the local magazine Zagorski list, No. 34, 9 June 2004, shows three flags on display in the Krapina-Zagorje County Assembly Hall. the middle one is the flag of Croatia, to its right (viewer's left) is the County's ceremonial flag and on the other side is the ceremonial flag of the town of Krapina. I believe that such a display of two ceremonial flags together is rather unusual, probably the two entities share the same Assembly Hall.
According to this photo and also to reports from several media, the ceremonial flag of the town of Krapina is a red gonfalon with three unequally long triangularly ending tails with golden tassels and with the coat of arms in the middle and the name of the town above.
The two flags side by side on the photo clearly show different rectangular sleaves in the upper edge.

Željko Heimer & Tomislav Šipek, 11 June 2004

Former symbols of Krapina

Former flag and arms of Krapina - Images by Željko Heimer, 25 December 2009

Prior to the adoption of the current flag ca. 1995, the town of Krapina used a flag that I have observed in ca. 1993, brown with with a black lined coat of arms on a yellow patch. The coat of arms of that design was in use in Krapina at least since 1979, as can be seen from the headers of the local newspapers issued in Krapina in 1979-1989; the coat of arms of this pattern was used in the header of the newspapers in 1979-1982, and another design with a more Baroque shield within a cartouche was used since.

Željko Heimer, 25 December 2009