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According to the information provided by a visitor to my
pages, Michael Eisenblaetter, the flag of the Western Herzegovina
Canton (Zapadnohercegovac<ka
z<upanija/Zapadnohercegovac<ki kanton) is adopted in its
constitution and is equal to the flag adopted by the Canton 10 (Herzeg-Bosnia Canton ). That is, of course,
the flag of the former Croat Republic of
Herzeg-Bosnia . The information is based on his research on
some other topics while reading a book issued by the Federal (of
B&H) Ministry of Justice named "Constitutions of
B&H, the Federation of B&H, the Republic of Srpska and
the cantons/counties" or something like that (in Bosnian).
It is quite possible that the book is issued in English too. The
flag of Herzeg-Bosnia is basically a variation of the Croatian
flag. It differs only in the coat of arms, which is itself only a
sligh variation of the Croatian coat of arms, differing in the
shape of the shield, and having a golden tripple wattle ornament
in chief.
I agree with Mr. Eisenblaetter's assumption that the
contitutional court probably made similar decision about this
flag as about the flag of the Canton 10, and that a new flag is
to be designed
Željko Heimer, 24 May 2000
Jos Poels managed to accquire several of the B&H cantonal
laws. The Canton of West Herzegovina (Canton 8) adopted its
symbols presumably already in 1996, however due to the same
problems as in regard to the Canton 10
symbols, the law on the symbols was lengthly delayed. Finally, in
2003 the law was passed, again adopting the 1996 flag, i.e. the
1992 flag of HRHB (Croat Republic of
Herzeg-Bosnia). This was anyyway used continually,
apparently.
The law is: Zakon o grbu i zastavi Županije
Zapadnohercegovacke, 9. travnja 2003., Narodne novine
Županije Zapadnohercegovacke, br. 125, 5/2003, 14. travnja
2003 (Law on the coat of arms and the flag of the Western
Herzegovina County, 9th April 2003 issued in the cantonal
official gazette on 14th April 2003).
It strikes me as odd why this would be adopted only in 2003?
They surely used it continuously since 1996 (i.e. even before in
HRHB). I wander what would be article 23 of the constitution they
refer to? In comparison with canton 10, they had the text in the
constitution already in 1996 (in articles 8 an 9), but the
article 26 mentioned in the 2003 law may simply be article
prescribing that the assembly is the one who is determining the
symbols of the canton (among other things) and nothing more...
Željko Heimer, 18 March 2006
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image by Željko Heimer, 27 September 2000
A visitor of my FAME pages, Drago Martinovic, informed me that
the coat of arms and the flag of Medugorje shall be adopted on 28
January 2002. I required more information, hopefully I'll get
some.
Medjugorje is small place in Western Herzegovina Canton. It
became world known as pilgrimage spot when (some 20 years ago,
IIRC) some children there claimed to have been contacted by
Virgin Mary. If I am not much mistaken, the official Roman
Catholic Church have never made an official standpoint regarding
the events, but anyway, the rivers of pilgrims never stopped
going there, not even in the time of the hottest war in B&H.
Željko Heimer, 24 January 2002