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Ratio: 1:2. Adopted: 6 May 1994. Designer: Zoran Zivkovic
The coat of arms was granted by King Joseph II on 8th
October 1781. It consists of an oval shield divided per fess, the
upper part per pale. The first is chequy Gules and Argent
(Croatia), the second Gules, two anchors Argent in saltire, and
the third contains a landscape showing the fortified city of
Karlovac on a green hill between two silver conjoining rivers
Kupa and Korana, in the chief are the Sun in splendour Or and the
Moon increscent Argent. In escutcheon Or the cipher of Joseph II
Sable. The coat of arms is crowned Or, and supported by two
mermaids proper.
The flag is first adopted in 1994, it is cyan (bluish-green) with
the coat of arms in the middle. The cyan is traditional colour of
Karlovac, officialised also in 1994.
Zeljko Heimer
Sources: Statut Grada Karlovca, 5. svibnja 1994.
Glasnik Grada Karlovca, 4/94, 6. svibnja 1994. Odluka o nacinu i
uvjetima izrade, uporabe i zatite grba, zastave, povijesnog
pecata, te slubenog gradskog lanca Grada Karlovca, 23.
lipnja 1994. Glasnik Grada Karlovca, 6/94, 24. lipnja 1994.
Zeljko Heimer, 18 December 2002