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Municipal flag of Dobrepolje, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 8 October 1999
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The name of municipality of Dobrepolje may be very tentatively translated as 'Good fields', surely related to the fertile land which is also shown in the coat of arms.
Željko Heimer, 8 October 1999
The coat of arms and flag of Dobrepolje are prescribed by Decision Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Dobrepolje, adopted on 30 May 1996, and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 32/1996, 20 June 1996, with effect the day of publication.
The symbols were designed by Valt Jurečič of Heraldika d.o.o. and Heraldica Slovenica, who kindly provided drawings from which the images shown on this page were made.
The flag is rectangular, in proportion 2:5, vertically divided blue-yellow (9:11, or 45%:55%), with the bell from the coat of arms in the blue field. The height of the bell is prescribed to be at least 2/3 and at most 8/10 of the hoist size.
It is not clear from the decision if the vertical flag is prescribed, but it is mentioned in the caption of the flag image, in regard with rotation of the "attribute from the coat of arms" (as it is called).
Regarding the size of the fields, Valt explains they were intially intended to divide the flag in half, but when considering the balance of the colours, it was decided that making the blue field somewhat smaller than the yellow one would yield a much better visual effect.
The colour specifications are given in the Decision as:
Intercolor '87 Cinkarna Celje system
CMYK system
Stanič [stj05] gives the Pantone colours as:
Željko Heimer, 6 January 2006
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Coat of arms of Dobrepolje - Image by Željko Heimer, 8 October 1999
The coat of arms of Dobrepolje is described as a Gothic shield from the XVth century, vertically divided by a thin ribbon of silver, being 1/35 of shield width. It can be blazoned as follows:
In dexter vert a wheat stalk or with 24 grains and two leaves, in sinister azure a church bell or with a Catholic cross (as it is called in the Decision).
The shield is outlined with gold. There is also a thin white "field" inbetween, which is not specifically mentioned, but clearly present on the drawings accompanying the decision.
Valt mentioned that he used two shades of yellow in the bell "for good measure", but the difference is not mentioned in the blazon (and of course, should not be).
Željko Heimer, 8 October 1999