Žužemberk (Municipality, Slovenia)

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Municipal flag of Žužemberk, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 23 October 2002

• Presentation of Žužemberk
• Municipal flag of Žužemberk
• Coat of arms of Žužemberk

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• Slovenia
• Slovenia: Municipal flags

Presentation of Žužemberk

The municipality of Žužemberk was formed in 1998 by secession from Novo mesto.

Željko Heimer, 23 October 2002

Municipal flag of Žužemberk

The flag and arms of Žužemberk are prescribed by Decision Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Žužemberk, adopted on 16 December 1999 and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 8/2000.

The flag is rectangular, in proportion 2:5, vertically divided green-white-blue with the lynx from the coat of arms in the middle of the white stripe.

Željko Heimer, 23 October 2002

Coat of arms of Žužemberk

Coat of arms of Žužemberk - Image by Željko Heimer, 23 October 2002

The coat of arms of Žužemberk is:
Vert a lynx proper salient to sinister and a base wavy azure.

The coat of arms is considered to date back to the XIVth century, but its oldest representation is from the Valvasor's Armorial (XVIIth century). All the known representations of the coat of arms show a lynx propoer lying on a silver shield.

Željko Heimer, 25 June 2006