Bistrica ob Sotli (Municipality, Slovenia)

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Municipal flag of Bistrica ob Sotli - Images by Željko Heimer, 25 December 2005
Left, reconstructed after the text of the Decision
Right, as shown by Stanič [stj05]

• Presentation of Bistrica ob Sotli
• Municipal flag of Bistrica ob Sotli
• Coat of arms of Bistrica ob Sotli
• Table flag of Bistrica ob Sotli

See also:

• Slovenia
• Slovenia: Municipal flags

Presentation of Bistrica ob Sotli

There is quite a number of places in Slovenia and other Slavic countries named Bistrica, so the attribute ob Sotli (on the river Sotla) is mandatory.

Žejlko Heimer, 17 June 2002

Municipal flag of Bistrica ob Sotli

The flag and arms of Bistrica ob Sotli are prescribed by decision Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Bistrica ob Sotli, adopted on 18 December 2000, and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 6/2001.

The flag is rectangular, in proportion 2:1, yellow with a thin blue stripe in the middle, of width 1/40 of the hoist. In the middle there is, perpendicularly to the hoist, the coat of arms, half as wide as the hoist.
There is no special provision prescribing that the flag shall not be hoisted horizontally, though its design is obviously meant primarly for vertical hoisting.

Stanič [stj05] does not show the prescribed flag but a blue vertical flag with the coat of arms in the base and with yellow squares along the lower edge.

Žejlko Heimer, 25 December 2005

Coat of arms of Bistrica ob Sotli

Coat of arms of Bistrica ob Sotli - Imagesby Željko Heimer, 25 December 2005
Left, as shown on a government website
Right, as shown by Stanič [stj05]

The coat of arms is a shield in Renaissance shape. In the middle of the white field there is a crown with three visible golden leafs and three blue oval stones, and with a blue cap, topped with an ornament of golden ball on which is standing a blue eagle ready to rise. Under the crown is a yellow field mantled with a blue royal cape.

Stanič [stj05] shows the eagle mirrored.

Žejlko Heimer, 25 December 2002

Table flag of Bistrica ob Sotli

Table flag of Bistrica ob Sotli - Image reconstructed by Željko Heimer, 17 June 2002

The table flag of Bistrica ob Sotli is similar to the flag for hoisting, but the blue vertical stripe ends at the half of its visible lower part, making space for the writing

OBČINA
BISTRICA
OB SOTLI

and below the writings is a blue stripe.

Žejlko Heimer, 17 June 2002