by Zeljko Heimer, 6 July 2003
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by Zeljko Heimer, 6 July 2003
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Vrbovsko is a city of some 8000 inhabitants some 80 km east of
Rijeka, on the road Zagreb-Rijeka in a valley of Dobra river in
the mountainious region of Gorski Kotar. It was granted civic
status and the coat of arms at the same time in 1785 by Emperor
Joseph II. The grant of arms includes the rich painting of the
CoA within a circular annulet and baroque landscape sceene, but
the main part of the CoA stays the same as today: per fess or an
eagle displayed sable beaked, lagued and membered gules and azure
a bridge between two clifs argent
The modernized CoA was adopted in mid 1990's. Flag must have been
adopted at the same time, too, but I have no info at this moment.
In the administrative refore of 1992/93 Vrbovsko was made a
community, but in 1997 was upgraded to city status
Source: [osg02]
Oštric Goroslav: Monumenta heraldica, izbor iz heraldicke
baštine primorsko-goranske županije, Pomorski i
povijesni muzej Hrvatskog primorja Rijeke, 2002.
Zeljko Heimer, 30 June 2003
I received mail from Robert Grubisa from Rijeka informing me
on the flag. Here is translation sumarized:
The flag is dark green with the coat of arms in the middle.
Information based on an article in Novi List newspapers.
Zeljko Heimer, 6 July 2003
Four decision regrading symbols were issued in the official
gazette:
- Odluka o raspisivanju natjecaja za izradu idejnog rješenja
grba i zastave Grada Vrbovskog, 12.12.1997, Službene novine
Primorsko-goranske županije, br. 29/97, 29.12.1997.
- Odluka o grbu i zastavi Grada Vrbovskog, Službene novine
Primorsko- goranske županije, br. 16/98, (missing text!)
- Odluka o izmjeni Odluke o grbu i zastavi Grada Vrbovskog,
30.11.1998, Službene novine Primorsko-goranske
županije, br. 25/98, 08.12.1998.
- Odluka o dozvoli uporabe grba Grada Vrbovskog, 16.07.1999,
Službene novine Primorsko-goranske županije, br. 18/99,
06.08.1999.
The first one is decision to publish a concourse for the design
of the Coat of Arms and flag.
The second decision adopts the coa and the flag - but I miss the
text of it, so I don't know what exactly it say. From the
subsequent amendments I can conclude that the Coat of Arms
adopted at first was somehow different from the one that is
currently in use (possibility: maybe they wanted to get rid of
the "Austrian" eagle?). It is probably that the green
flag with the Coat of Arms was already adopted, and since
textually nothing is amended afterwards - it must have been the
same (i.e. only with different Coat of Arms). It may, and then it
may not be that the decision refers to the ceremonial flag as
well.
The amendments of 30.11.1998 finally adopt the current Coat of
Arms, based entirely on the 1785 original. The flag is amended
accordingly (but no mention to flag in the amendments).
The 1999 decision grants permition for use of the Coat of Arms
for the local brass orchestra and mojorette group. Possibly they
use it on flags too.
Zeljko Heimer, 19 August 2003
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by Zeljko Heimer, 30 June 2003