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Skradin (Sibenik-Knin, Croatia)

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Overview

Skradin is a small city in the Šibenik-Knin County, 25 km north-east of Šibenik, 4,000 inhabitanst, only 620 in the city itself at the deep bay forming the mouth of river Krka into the sea. In the vicinity of the National Park Krka with beautiful waterfalls it is tourist center. The city has history from pre-Roman period (Scardona), in 5th century a seat of epyscopy, several times much devastated in wars, especially in Venecian-Turkish wars, but also duing the 1990's. Until 1997 it has a status of a community, but then the city status was granted, even though the numbers are far less then usually required, due to the historical importance and tradition.
Update with data from official gazette:
- Statut Opcine Skradin, 20.05.1994, Službeni vjesnik Županije Šibenske, br. 5/95, 05.06.1995. - Includes the description of the Coat of Arms and provisions for further decisions to determine the details and the flag. I suppose that the description (blazon) at the time was only an idea and was not meant to represent any particular artistic redention. Anyway, the Coat of Arms is described in Article 6 "The coat of arms constitutes the figure of St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church". (Sv. Jeronim, crkveni naucitelj; he is locally known as Sv. Jere). St. Jerom lived in 4th century and was born in Skradin. Among his many deeds were recorded for the benefit of the church, cf. <www.catholic.org>, he translated the Old Testament into Latin text known as the "Vulgata". and he is revered in the region. The Croatian institute in Vatican is nowdays named after him.
- Statut Grada Skradina, 31.07.1998, Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, br. 10/98, 03.09.1998. Statut Grada Skradina, 27.09.2001, Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, br. 12/01, 24.10.2001. - Skradin was upgraded to city status, updating the Statutes, but retaining the same wording on the Coat of Arms and the flag as in the 1995 Statutes. The 2001 Statutes repeat the prescriptions. I asume that still the details are not any further establsihed.
Željko Heimer, 19 August 2006