Zavrč (Municipality, Slovenia)

Last modified: 2006-09-14 by ivan sache
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Municipal flag of Zavrč, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 20 October 2002

• Presentation of Zavrč
• Municipal flag of Zavrč
• Coat of arms of Zavrč

See also:

• Slovenia
• Slovenia: Municipal flags

Presentation of Zavrč

The municipality of Zavrč was formed in 1995.

Željko Heimer, 10 April 2000

Municipal flag of Zavrč

The coat of arms and flag of Zavrč are prescribed by Decision Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Zavrč, adopted 27 September 1997 and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 1, 9 January 1998, pp. 93-4, signed 12 December 1997, with effect on 9 January 1998.

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, made of a green square at hoist and yellow-green-yellow stripes in the rest of the flag. In the green square there is the wine press from the coat of arms.

Željko Heimer, 20 October 2002

Coat of arms of Zavrč

Coat of arms of Zavrč - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 October 2002

The coat of arms of Zavrč is described in Article 8 of the Decision and blazons as follows:
Azure a castle argent roofed gules issuant from a mount vert, in base a wine press or.
The rest of the Article describes the coat of arms in more details. The wine press is a device used for pressing the ripe grapes in wine production. It is obvious that the winz industry has strong roots in the area.

Željko Heimer, 24 June 2006