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Vrbovsko is a city of some 8000 inhabitants some 80 km east of
Rijeka, on the road Zagreb-Rijeka in a valley of Dobra river in
the mountainious region of Gorski Kotar. It was granted civic
status and the coat of arms at the same time in 1785 by Emperor
Joseph II. The grant of arms includes the rich painting of the
CoA within a circular annulet and baroque landscape sceene, but
the main part of the CoA stays the same as today: per fess or an
eagle displayed sable beaked, lagued and membered gules and azure
a bridge between two clifs argent
The modernized CoA was adopted in mid 1990's. Flag must have been
adopted at the same time, too, but I have no info at this moment.
In the administrative refore of 1992/93 Vrbovsko was made a
community, but in 1997 was upgraded to city status
Source: [osg02]
Oštric Goroslav: Monumenta heraldica, izbor iz heraldicke
baštine primorsko-goranske županije, Pomorski i
povijesni muzej Hrvatskog primorja Rijeke, 2002.
Željko Heimer, 30 June 2003
I received mail from Robert Grubisa from Rijeka informing me
on the flag. Here is translation sumarized:
The flag is dark green with the coat of arms in the middle.
Information based on an article in Novi List newspapers.
Željko Heimer, 6 July 2003
Five decision regrading symbols were issued in the official
gazette:
- Odluka o raspisivanju natjecaja za izradu idejnog rješenja
grba i zastave Grada Vrbovskog, 12.12.1997, Službene novine
Primorsko-goranske županije, br. 29/97, 29.12.1997.
- Rješenje o imenovanju Komisije za odabir najboljeg idejnog
rješenja grba i zastave Grada Vrbovskog, 12.12.1997,
Službene novine Primorsko-goranske županije, br. 29/97,
29.12.1997.
- Odluka o grbu i zastavi Grada Vrbovskog, 13.07.1998,
Službene novine Primorsko-goranske županije, br. 16/98,
04.08.1998.
- Odluka o izmjeni Odluke o grbu i zastavi Grada Vrbovskog,
30.11.1998, Službene novine Primorsko-goranske
županije, br. 25/98, 08.12.1998.
- Odluka o dozvoli uporabe grba Grada Vrbovskog, 16.07.1999,
Službene novine Primorsko-goranske županije, br. 18/99,
06.08.1999.
The first one is decision to publish a concourse for the design
of the Coat of Arms and flag.
The second document is decree on members of the comission to do
the concouse.
The third decision adopts the coa and the flag and the ceremonial
flag.
The amendments of 30.11.1998 only change the wording of the
blazon, but not its contents.
The 1999 decision grants permition for use of the Coat of Arms
for the local brass orchestra and mojorette group. Possibly they
use it on flags too.
The ceremonial flag is a green gonfalon ending
triangularly, bordered golden with fringe along bottom edge. In
the middle is the coat of arms, above in two rows name of the
city and below crossed branches of oak and fir. My drawing is
based on the description in he 1998 decision.
The drawing of the flag in Heraldic
Art d.o.o. propaganda fliers show the Coat of Arms on the
flag clearly to be bordered golden.
The design of the modern symbols was made by Heraldic Art d.o.o.
from Rijeka, based on the original 1785 pattern of the Coat of
Arms granted by Emperor Jospeh II.
Željko Heimer, 19 August 2003 and 2 November 2007
image by Željko Heimer, 2 November 2007
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image by Željko Heimer, 2 November 2007