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C<avle (Cavle) is a community just north-east of Rijeka
with about 6500 inhabitants. It includes the old fort of Grobnik
and Grobnicko polje (Grobnik field) that is pictured in the 18th
century Rijeka County coat of arms as well as in the current coat
of arms of the Coast and Gorski Kotar County, with the
snow-capped mountain Platak behind it. The name Cavle has a
similar sound to the word for spike/nail, but whether this has to
do with the spike mace in the coat of arms I am not sure. In any
case, the sword and spiked mace are already shown in the 1786
quarter of the mentioned county coat of arms above the landscape
of Grobnik, and no doubt these two are connected. Grobnik field
is today most well know for a automotodrome.
The coat of arms is: Gules, a Spiked Mace and a Sabre in saltire
both Argent hilted Or.
The Cavle web site I visited in 1997 (now on <www.geocities.com/Baja/Trails/8020/baza.html>;
this was one of the first community sites on-line that showed
coat of arms, at least the one I found among the few with
vexi-heraldical contents at the early
days) show the coat of arms as blazoned above, but Oštric [osg02] showes it slightly different -
the mace is all golden.
There surely has to be flag to go with the coat of arms, but I
have no info on it.
Željko Heimer, 5 July 2003
I received mail from Robert Grubisa from Rijeka informing me
on the flag. Here is translation sumarized: Cavle- The flag is
yellow with the coat of arms in the middle. The yellow is said to
be dark one, similar to the one used in the coat of arms.
Information based on flag hoisted in Cavle on the community
building.
Željko Heimer, 9 July 2003
The decision for the Cavle flag was issued in the official
gazette: Odluka o grbu i zastavi Opcine Cavle, 17.07.1997,
Službene novine Županije primorsko-goranske, br. 16/97,
1. kolovoza 1997.
This clears up a mess regarding the colouring of the mace (kind
of, read further), where it is clearly stated that both the sabre
and the mace are silver and both with golden handles.
Rober Grubisa, our friend from Rijeka, sent me a photo of the
flag hoisted in Cavle, matching the description. (Most
unfortunately, the mace is just under a fold on the flag and not
visible, but Robert saw it clearly.)
So, the image in Oštric [osg02]
is definitely wrong in that regard.
Željko Heimer, 26 August 2003
The symbols were designed by the Heralid
Art d.o.o company in Rijeka.
Željko Heimer, 4 November 2007
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image by Željko Heimer, 26 August 2003