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Vrsar is a community in the Istrian County, half way between Rovinj and Porec.
The ancient town has it own histoorical coat of arms showing an
apple tree held by two bears. The Italian name of the town is
Orsera - thus the bears are probably canting. It seems that
recently this was adopted formally in a modernized form, since
such is used on a road sign in Vrsar, as Tomislav ipek
photographed it.
The coat of arms is oval shield argent an apple tree proper held
by two bears proper rampant on a mount vert. The mentioned
road sign had the background dark blue, and this may be
indicative that the flag may also be dark blue with the coat of
arms in the middle, but this would have to be confirmed yet.
eljko Heimer, 1 January 2005
In the computer magazine "Vidi" of August 2006 there
is an article on an even from Vrsar, where the flag is clearly
shown. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle,
somewhat differently coloured then what I reported previously.
This may indicate that the design has been formally adopted and
approved.
The web site of the community at <www.vrsar.hr> conatins yet an
other colouring scheme for the coat of arms.
eljko Heimer, 16 August 2006
On the official web site of the community, one can find some
additional info, images of coat of arms and the flag. The coat of
arms image that is pictured on the front pages of the official
gazettes, is slightly different then my drawing - apart from
the small artistic differences the fruits on the tree are red.
The flag is shown on the news
articles regarding the community government, I presume that
this may be a ceremonial flag, or if not, this may be a reason
why the previous set of symbols was not approved by the central
authorities - they forbid inscriptions in flags, other elements,
as far as I can judge must have been in order with their
regulations. That flag is light blue, with the coat of arms in
the middle bordered yellow, and with yellow inscription in two
rows "OPCINA/VRSAR" at the canton and "COMUNE
DI/ORSERA" in the fly top (Croatian and Italian name of the
community), and is bordered with yellow fringe.
The article at <www.vrsar.hr>
contains the summary from the 43rd session of the Community
Board, held on 6 September 2007, that ad 6 has part regarding the
community symbols (my translation): "The Community Board
determined the proposal of the new Decision on the coat of arms
and the flag. The current Decision on the coat of arms and the
flag is dated 1994 and must be changed to be in conformance with
the state regulations. The determined proposal of the Decision,
together with the graphical design of the coat of arms, the flag
and the ceremonial flag of the Community of Vrsar and a written
document of the Croatian State Archives on the historical coat of
arms of Vrsar, shall be sent to the Central Office for
Administration for approval, after which the Community Board
shall be able to adopt the new Decision on the coat of arms and
the flag. "
eljko Heimer, 25 December 2007
image by eljko Heimer, 25 December 2007
image by eljko Heimer, 1 January 2005
Coat of Arms on the front pages of the official gazettes
image by eljko Heimer, 25 December 2007