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I know that the community of Kalinovac adopted a coat of arms
for some months, but until now I could not locat any images of
it. I located a source: Kalinovecki list, Periodicno glasilo
Ocine Kalinovac, br. 2 (rujan), god. I, 2004.
According the an article in the source the design was made by the
Rijeka company Heraldik art after an idea by one Radovan List.
The source does not include note on the adoption dtae or
document, but it has a report from the community assembly session
of 28.07.2004 when it was decided to acquire ideas and solutions
for the coat of arms and the flag of the community, already
announcing that the prefered design shall be the privet plant.
Apparently on the Day of the Community on 18 October 2004 the
coat of arms (and flag) was already in use, so it would have been
adopted in the mean time.
The coat of arms is: or a privet bush vert fructed sable issuant
from a mount of the second.
The wild privet (Ligustrum vulgare L.) with its characteristic
black berries is canting a community name (Cro. kalina).
The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle bordered
white. The ceremonial flag is blue gonfalon ending triagnularly
with golden fringe with the golden bordered coat of arms in the
middle, the name of the community above and with an oak branch
and a sheaf of wheat below it.
Before the adoption of these symbols the community used
unofficially an emblem ("coat of arms") showing St.
Luke, a bull and a house with privet rising from it. This emblem
was drawn by Ivan Lackovic Croata, reknown naive artist from
Kalinovac, and while the emblem is not of heraldic interest, it
is among the notable works of the artist.
The community of Kalinovac was established in 1997. Population
1,700 (1,500 in the town of the same name). Situated some 30 km
southeast of Koprivnica .
Željko Heimer, 9 April 2005
Genus Ligustrum belongs to the family Oleaceae, along with
olive tree (Olea), ash tree (Fraxinus), and several ornemental
and odoriferous shrubs, such as forsythia, lilac (Syringa),
filaria (Phillyrea), and jasmine (Jasminum). The name Ligustrum
was coined by Tournefort. It is the antique name of the privet,
but its exact meaning and origin are unknown. The wild privet is
Ligustrum vulgare L. Other privet species were introduced in
Europe from Japan, e.g., L. ovalifolium Hassk. (1844) and L.
Japonicum Thunbg. (1796), and from China (L. lucidum Aiton).
Ivan Sache, 22 April 2005
The official gazette since 2000 is available on the web site
of the County at <www.kckzz.hr>
including decisions on symbols of its cities and communities:
Kalinovac: Odluka o grbu i zastavi Opcine Kalinovac, 30.08.2005,
Službeni glasnik Koprivnicko-križevacke županije,
br. 9/05, 28.09.2005.
The decision adopts the symbols we already have presented here.
This decision was adopted a year after the design was
establsihed, probably after the approval from the central
authorities was obtained - although we have info that the symbols
were in use already in 2004. The decision pictures both coat of
arms and the flag, but also the ceremonial gonfalon (which is
also described in the decision). The statutes also include the
same descriptions (without mention of the ceremonial flag):
Statut Opcine Kalinovac, 17.01.2006, Službeni glasnik
Koprivnicko- križevacke županije, br. 1/06, 26.01.2006.
Željko Heimer, 16 August 2006
The symbols were designed by the Heralid
Art d.o.o company in Rijeka.
Željko Heimer, 4 November 2007
image by Željko Heimer, 9 April 2005
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image by Željko Heimer, 9 April 2005