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Metlika (Municipality, Slovenia)

Flag of Metlika, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Pascal Gross, 1 April 2006

Flag of Metlika
Coat of arms of Metlika
Table flag of Metlika
Former coat of arms of Metlika

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Flag of Metlika

The flag and arms of Metlika are prescribed by Decision Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Metlika, adopted by the Municipal Council on 12 October 2005 and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 93/2005, on 21 October 2005.
The flag is horizontally divided white-red-white (1:2:1) with the municipal coat of arms placed in the red stripe and offset to the hoist.

Pascal Gross & Ivan Sache, 1 April 2005

Coat of arms of Metlika

Coat of arms of Metlika - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 December 2003

The coat of arms of Metlika is prescribed in the successive municipal statutes Statut Občine Metlika, adopted on 1 June 1995 and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije 41/1995; Statut Občine Metlika, adopted on 25 March 1999 and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 34/1999; and Spremembe in dopolnitve statuta Občine Metlika, adopted on 28 June 2001 and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 71/2001.

The coat of arms of the municipality of Metlika is the historical coat of arms of the town of Metlika. It pictures on a silver field on green base a red castle with one tower around which are standing two ravens, looking outwards. This coat of arms is related to a legend involving ravens watching from a watch tower.

Željko Heimer, 20 December 2003

Table flag of Metlika

Table flag of Metlika - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 December 2003

A picture on the website of the Ministry of Interior (page no longer available) shows a table flag, white with the coat of arms and an inscription below it, most probably METLIKA.

Željko Heimer, 20 December 2003

Former coat of arms of Metlika

Former coat of arms of Metlika - Image by Željko Heimer, 13 September 2004

According to Zalokar [zal90], the coat of arms used before the 1990s was slightly different from the current one, although the heraldical elements are the same (and the blazon is more or less the same). The shield is semicircular with a golden outline, the tower is artistically different with ravens of considerably smaller size and the base includes three small hills.

Željko Heimer, 13 September 2004