Podvelka (Municipality, Slovenia)

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Flag of Podvelka, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 19 September 2002

• Presentation of Podvelka
• Municipal flag of Podvelka
• Coat of arms of Podvelka

See also:

• Slovenia
• Slovenia: Municipal flags

Presentation of Podvelka

The municipality of Podvelka-Ribnica, located in the Drava valley (Carinthia), seceded in 1995 from the municipality of Radlje ob Dravi. In 1998, Podvelka-Ribnica was divided into the two municipalities of Podvelka and Ribnica na Pohorju.

Željko Heimer, 19 September 2002

Municipal flag of Podvelka

The flag and coat of arms of Podvelka are prescribed by Decision Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Podvelka, adopted on 21 October 1999 and published in the official regional gazette Medobčinski uradni vestnik stajerske in Koroske regije, 36/1999.

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 ratio 2:5, vertically divided red-white-red with the middle field being square and containing the tower and trees from the coat of arms.

Stanič [stj05] gives the colour specifications as:

• Dark yellow: Pantone 109
• Light yellow: Pantone 1225
• Green: Pantone 361
• Blue: Pantone 361
• Red: Pantone 185
• Black: Pantone Black

Željko Heimer, 13 May 2006

Coat of arms of Podvelka

Coat of arms of Podvelka - Image by Željko Heimer, 19 September 2002

The coat of arms of Podvelka pictures a chapel tower typical of the region flanked by two fir trees on a green mount with a water below. The icons on the tower are supposed to represent pictures bleached by weather.

Željko Heimer, 19 September 2002