Hoče-Slivnica (Municipality, Slovenia)

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Municipal flag of Hoče-Slivnica, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 6 August 2002

• Presentation of Hoče-Slivnica
• Municipal flag of Hoče-Slivnica
• Coat of arms of Hoče-Slivnica

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• Slovenia
• Slovenia: Municipal flags

Presentation of Hoče-Slivnica

The municipality of Hoče-Slivnica was formed in 1998, by secession from Maribor.

Željko Heimer, 6 August 2002

Municipal flag of Hoče-Slivnica

The flag and arms of Hoče-Slivnica are prescribed by Decision Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Hoče-Slivnica, adopted on 26 July 2000, and published in the official local gazette Medobčinski uradni vestnik Gorenjske in Stajerske regije, 12/2000.

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. It is yellow with a green square field in the middle with the semi-wheel and branch from the coat of arms.

Željko Heimer, 6 August 2002

Coat of arms of Hoče-Slivnica

Coat of arms of Hoče-Slivnica - Image by Željko Heimer, 6 August 2002

The coat of arms can be blazoned as:

Argent in base of a mount vert a wheel issuant from which is rising a branch leaved all or.

The elements of the coat of arms represent the Pohorje mountains (green hill), importance of the region as a road-crossing (railroad wheel) and nature and tradition (chestnut tree).

Željko Heimer, 6 August 2002