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Sumperk okres, Czech Republic

Olomouc region

Last modified: 2005-09-02 by jarig bakker
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Drozdov municipality flag

[Drozdov flag] by Jarig Bakker, 20 Apr 2004
adopted 25 Nov 2003

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2003) - Drozdov, Šumperk district, Olomouc district - adopted 25 Nov 2003 - the bird is a thrush.
Jarig Bakker, 20 Apr 2004

Hoštejn municipality flag

[Hoštejn flag] by Jarig Bakker, 10 Mar 2004
adopted 13 Nov 2002

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2002) - Hoštejn, Šumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 13 Nov 2002.
Jarig Bakker, 10 Mar 2004

Hrabová municipality flag

[Hrabová flag] by Jarig Bakker, 14 Feb 2004
adopted 18 Nov 1998

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (1999) - Hrabová, Šumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 4 Jun 1998 - the yellow items are fruits of the hornbeam.
Jarig Bakker, 14 Feb 2004

The fruit of the common hornbeam (Carpinus betulus L.) is a small nut surrounded by a trilobate involucra (the three leaflets), which helps the dispersal of the fruit by wind. The same kind of 'winged' fruit is found in maples.
Ivan Sache, 20 Feb 2004

Jakubovice municipality flag

[Jakubovice flag] by Jarig Bakker, 10 Mar 2004
adopted 14 Mar 2002.

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2002) - Jakubovice, Šumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 14 Mar 2002.
Jarig Bakker, 10 Mar 2004

Klopina municipality flag

[Klopina flag] by Jarig Bakker, 27 Jul 2005
adopted 5 Oct 2004

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2004) - Klopina, Šumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 5 Oct 2004.
Jarig Bakker, 27 Jul 2005

Krchleby municipality flag

[Krchleby flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 11 Mar 2004
adopted 14 Mar 2002

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2002) - Krchleby, Sumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 14 Mar 2002.
Jarig Bakker, 11 Mar 2004

The original image of the flag ought to be signed by the designer, framed, and hung in a museum. A real beauty!
Lewis A. Nowitz, 12 Mar 2004

Leština municipality flag

[Leština flag] by Jarig Bakker, 25 Aug 2005
adopted 27 Feb 2004

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2004) - Leština, Šumperk district, Olomouc region - 27 Feb 2004. Within the white circle are three yellow hazelnuts in their green wrappings..
Jarig Bakker, 25 Aug 2005

Botanists call the wrappings an involucre (French world, from New Latin "involucrum"), defined as "one or more whorls of bracts situated below and close to a flower, flower cluster, or fruit".
A bract (New Latin "bractea", from Latin, thin metal plate) is a leaf borne on a floral axis, especially one subtending a flower or a flower cluster.
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Hazel trees (Corylus (Tourn.) L.) belong to the family of Betulaceae, along with birches (Betulus (Tourn.) L.), alders (Alnus (Tourn.) Gaertn.) and hornbeams (Carpinus (Tourn.) L.).
The European species of hazel trees have different kinds of involucres:
- Common hazel tree (Corylus avellana L.), aka European hazeltree, has an involucre as long as the nut and irregularly serrated up to the half of its length.
- Byzantium hazel tree (Corylus colurna L.) has an involucre longer than the nut and deeply serrated.
- Great hazeltree (Corylus maxima Miller) has a tubular involucre completely wrapping the nut and closed by a serrated collaret.

The representation of the nuts on the flag matches well the common hazel tree, which is the most widespread in Europe. The two other species are Balkanic but have been introduced all over Europe, especiall Corylus maxima var. atropurpureus, with purple leaves. The nuts are grouped by 2-4, which makes the cluster of three nuts shown on the flag botanically correct.
Source: C.J. Humphries, J.R. Press & D.A. Sutton. Tous les arbres d'Europe. Bordas, 1984.
Ivan Sache, 27 Aug 2005

Lišnice municipality flag

[Lisnice municipality flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 21 Jun 2001
adopted 14 June 2000

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2000) - Lišnice, Sumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 14 June 2000.
Jarig Bakker, 16 Nov 2003

Maletín municipality flag

[Maletín flag] by Jarig Bakker, 10 Mar 2004
adopted 31 Jan 2002

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2002) - Maletín, Šumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 31 Jan 2002.
Jarig Bakker, 10 Mar 2004

Nový Malín municipality flag

[Nový Malín flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 27 Mar 2004
adopted 13 Nov 2002

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2002) - Nový Malín, Sumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 13 Nov 2002.
Jarig Bakker, 27 Mar 2004

Olšany municipality flag

[Olšany flag] by Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2004
adopted 25 Nov 2003

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2003) - Olšany, Šumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 25 Nov 2003.
Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2004

Police municipality flag

[Flag of Police] by Jarig Bakker, 15 May 2001
adopted 15 May 1994

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (1991-1994) - Police, Sumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 15 May 1994.
Jarig Bakker, 16 Nov 2003

Ruda nad Moravou flag

[Ruda nad Moravou flag] by Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2004
adopted 18 Jun 2003

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2003) - Ruda nad Moravou, Šumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 18 Jun 2003.
Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2004

Vernířovice municipality flag

[Vernírovice flag] by Jarig Bakker, 15 Nov 2004
adopted 27 Apr 1999

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (1999) - Vernířovice, Šumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 27 Apr 1999 .
Jarig Bakker, 15 Nov 2004

Vikýřovice municipality flag

[Vikýrovice municipality flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 15 Sep 2001
adopted 27 Mar 2000

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2000) - Vikýřovice, Sumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 27 Mar 2000.
Jarig Bakker, 16 Nov 2003

Zvole municipality flag

[Zvole flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 21 Apr 2002
adopted 28 Apr 1996

Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (1996) - Zvole, Sumperk district, Olomouc region - adopted 28 Apr 1996.
Jarig Bakker, 16 Nov 2003