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Plitvic^ka jezera is a community in the Lika and Senj County,
some 40 km north of Gospic', on the
main state road from Zagreb towards the coast (Split), although
the new highway built in the last years goes around - for a good
reason. Namely, the larger part of the community is an extremely
interesting National park of Plitvice lakes. The community has
abut 4,500 inhabitants, of which about 30% are Serbs. It is
hardly surprising that tourism is the main source of income.
The seat of administration is the town of Korenica (about
1,500 inhabitants), that was since 1970's named Titova Korenica,
the attribute in the name was officially removed only in 1997
(although in practice already in 1990, both by the rebel Serb
regime that held the town until 1995, and by the Croatian
government).
The coat of arms of Plitvicka jezera is: over the rocks vert
pouring from the chief and flanks multiple waterfalls joining in
the base where on a mount also vert is standing a bear rampant
gules.
The coat of arms in heraldic form pictures the Plitvice lakes
with its numerous waterfalls. The bears are native of the region
and also represent the protection of nature.
The flag is also in use, but details unknown for the moment.
The design of the coat of arms was made by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. from Rijeka.
Zeljko Heimer, 2 November 2007
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image by Zeljko Heimer, 2 November 2007