Virovitica (Virovitica-Podravina, Croatia)

Grad Virovitica

Last modified: 2003-09-13 by dov gutterman
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by Zeljko Heimer, 8 September 2003

• Overview
• Coat of Arms

See also:

• Virovitica-Podravina County
• Croatia

Other Sites:

• Collection of Croatian Local Flags at FAME

Overview

The coat of arms of Virovitica is the traditional coat of arms of the city Gules, on a Mount Vert a Lion rampant Or, holding in dexter a Sabre Argent hilted Or above his head. The flag is white with the coat of arms in the middle. Adopted: around 1995 (?).
Source: City of Virovitica official web pages <www.ring.net/virovitica> (07. 05. 2000).
Zeljko Heimer

Virovitica is a city with about 23,000 inhabitantsn (16,000 in the urban area itself) in northwestern part of Slavonia. Much important histoprically, it has lost much of its influence in modern time, but even though the counyt formed in nothern Slavonia after the liberation of from Turks was named after it, even if the capital was already set to Osijek.
Zeljko Heimer, 8 September 2003

Coat of Arms

by Zeljko Heimer, 8 September 2003