Kamanje (Karlovac, Croatia)

Opc'ina Kamanje

Last modified: 2005-10-15 by dov gutterman
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image by Željko Heimer, 18 September 2005

• Overview
• Coat of Arms

See also:

• Croatia
• Karlovac County

Other sites:

• Collection of Croatian local flags at the FAME

Overview

The community of Kamanje is in the Karlovac County some 30 km NW of Karlovac where the river Kupa at its north edge makes its last kilometers where it forms the border towards Slovenia and where it turns inland into Croatia. Kamanje is among the youngest communities in Croatia formed by a minor administrative reform in 2003 seceeding from the community of Žakanje.
The Coat of Arms Kamanje is: or a conjoined double bendlet wavy azure in the cheif a neolitic vase between a mulet and a crescent increscent and in the base seven lozenges one between sinsiter three in bend dexter three in bend sinistre all also azure.
The neoloitic vase is found in a cave in Kamanje, the wavy bends symbolize the river Kupa while the star and crescent are traditional part of the coats of arms in the region. The severn lozenges stand for the seven setlements of the community.
The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle. Ratio 1:2.
Sources: <www.kamanje.hr>. Tomislav Šipek, personal observation in Kamanje, September 2005.
Željko Heimer, 18 September 2005

Coat of Arms

image by Željko Heimer, 18 September 2005