by Zeljko Heimer, 25 August 2003
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by Zeljko Heimer, 25 August 2003
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Brod Moravice is a community with just above 1000 inhabitants
some 60 km. east of Rijeka in central Gorski Kotar around the
sources of Dobra river.
The coat of arms pictures in the green field St. Nicolas and in
chief an escalop and an Andrew's cross couped.
Source: [osg02]
Oštric Goroslav: Monumenta heraldica, izbor iz heraldicke
baštine primorsko-goranske županije, Pomorski i
povijesni muzej Hrvatskog primorja Rijeke, 2002.
The same coat of arms is shown in a woodwork at points where
roads entrer the community. I have photographed it in 1999. Since
it is made in natural wood, it is of much rougher artwork then
the one shown by Ostric.
There must be a flag to match it, but I have no info on it.
Zeljko Heimer, 3 July 2003
I received mail from Robert Grubisa from Rijeka informing me
on the flag. Here is translation sumarized:
Brod Moravice - The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the
middle. Information based on an article in Novi List.
Zeljko Heimer, 9 July 2003
Brod Moravice issued two decisions in 1997 and 2001 each
defining quite different set of symbols:
- Odluka o uporabi grba i zastave Opcine Brod Moravice,
13.02.1997, Službene novine Županije
primorsko-goranske, 21. veljace 1997.
- Odluka o uporabi grba i zastave Opcine Brod Moravice,
02.07.2001, Službene novine Primorsko-goranske
županije, 13. srpnja 2001.
The first decision (see: 1997 Symbols)
adopted coat fo arms somewhat more complicated then latter:
divided with a blue wavy bend, in upper green field showing St.
Nicolas, as in the current arms and in base in white field a
green linden leaf and a golden linden fruit. The flag was divided
diagonally green and blue with a white stripe among them that is
continuation of the bend in the coat of arms. It was bordered
golden on three edges. The ceremonial flag was of vertical
version of it with golden border along the long edges and a
golden fringe along the bottom.
I prepaire reconstruction based on written description only. The
descriptions are rather vague regarding details that would allow
easy reconstruction - even contradicting, is the white diagonal
stripe is continuation o fthe bend in coat of arms, then the bend
must be more level then one would expect it from pure heraldic
description (since the ratio of flag is explicitly given 1:2).
Then further this angle can't produce similar effect in the
vertical ceremonial flag, since the Coat of Arms is rotated
differently, but here I believe that the text could be
interpretted such as I have shown on my gifs. The description
clearly talks about the golden border around three sides of the
flag, but this may be for of a fring meant - but on the other
hand on the ceremonial flag is prescribed golden border along
vertical edges and golden fringe along lower edge. In any case -
these reconstructions are to be taken with a grain (or more) of
salt.
The Coat of Arms that I have seen and photographed on the
entrance to the community from the main road Zagreb-Rijeka in
2000, is kind of an intermediate design between the one
prescribed in 1997 and the one finally adopted in 2001: it is
still diagonally divided, but the blue wavy is gone, the upper
field is red (with St. Nicolas) and the lower is white (with
linden leaf and fruit). This is either a proposed/pondered
design, or simplification made by the maker of the road sign
(which was made of wood, so simplification might not be that
unusual thing to want).
It was probably after the "suggestion" from the
Ministry of Administration that the design is changed, though it
too some years. It would be interesting to find out if the 1997
design was ever used, on Coat of Arms and even more on flag, and
if the ceremonial flag was ever made.
The new design adopted in 2001 (and presumably approved by the
Ministry soon), simplify the previous ideas: a green field St.
Nicolas and in chief a golden escalop and a silver Andrew's cross
couped. (I previously posted similar image but with the escallop
silver instead, as it is shown in Oštric [osg02], but that is wrong!)
The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle bordered
white (as prescribed by the decision).
The ceremonial flag is described to be bordered or fringed gold.
What that exactly means, i.e. if they mean that it is the same as
the "normal" flag but with golden fringe on three
edges, or if they mean that there is a special gonfalon with
incidently also includes golden border or/and fringe - is a
research project that shall have to wait.
Zeljko Heimer, 25 August 2003
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by Zeljko Heimer, 25 August 2003
Flag - 1997-2001 (Reconstruction)
by Zeljko Heimer, 25 August 2003
Coat of Arms - 1997-2001 (Reconstruction)
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by Zeljko Heimer, 25 August 2003
Ceremonial Flag - 1997-2001 (Reconstruction)
by Zeljko Heimer, 25 August 2003
Note: It is highly probable that these early versions (not
only here, but in other cities/communities as well) were never
actually produced.
Zeljko Heimer, 26 August 2003