Vransko (Municipality, Slovenia)

Last modified: 2006-09-14 by ivan sache
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Municipal flag of Vransko - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 October 2002

• Municipal flag of Vransko
• Coat of arms of Vransko
• Table flag of Vransko

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• Slovenia
• Slovenia: Municipal flags

Municipal flag of Vransko

Vransko has no official flag yet, but use a rectangular flag in ratio 3:1 (vertical), white with the coat of arms in the upper part of the flag, as shown on the municipal website.

Željko Heimer, 16 June 2006

Coat of arms of Vransko

Coat of arms of Vransko - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 OCtober 2002

The coat of arms of Vransko is prescribed by the Municipal Statutes Statutarni sklep Občine Vransko, adopted on 29 December 1998 and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 2/1999.

According to the municipal website, the coat of arms of Vransko has been used since 1868 and is canting for the name of the town, developed from the name of the crow bird (in Slovene, vrana):
Argent a crow stantant on top of a couped juniper tree issuant from base all proper.

THe coat of arms is set within an arabesque border. The legend says that the region was once a lake, that was dried up, and that on the dried area crows gathered.

Željko Heimer, 20 October 2002

Table flag of Vransko

Table flag of Vransko - Image by Željko Heimer, 16 June 2006

Stanič [stj05] records an other flag that is used only as table flag for promotional activities: a green flag that gradually changes it background colour from light green in the top to dark green in the base, with an orle of gray and the coat of arms of Vransko near the bottom above yellow inscription "VRANSKO" with black shadow-drop. This flag is not official either.

Željko Heimer, 16 June 2006