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image by Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006
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The community of Novigrad (named often Noigrad Zadarski or
Novigrad Dalmatinski to differenciate fro the other two places in
Croatian with the same name: Novigrad
Istarski (Cittanova) and Novigrad
Podravski) is situated about 30 km east of Zadar in a deep bay called Novigradsko
more (Novigrad sea). The city tracks its history back to
Roman times. The stone carved coats of arms are preserved, but
the colours were (apparently) first introduced in the book
"Grbovi Jugoslavije" (Laszowski, 1934), since when
these colours are said to be traditional. The Coat of Arms is in
use in Novigrad, but it is not known if the decision of its
adoption for the Coat of Arms of the community was adopted and
weather its use was approved by the Ministry. The flag is not
reported (yet!).
Željko Heimer, 8 January 2006
Tomislav Šipek located a photo from Novigrad clearly
(even if very tiny) showing the flag at <www.novigrad-dalmacija.hr>.
The flag is light blue with the Coat of Arms in the middle This
would mean that in the mean time the Coat of Arms and the flag
were approved by the central authorities (Central State Office
for Administration).
Željko Heimer, 15 July 2006
In the mean time I received some aditional info from there,
namely from the director of the Tourist Office of Novigrad,
Plamenko Anzulovic. He states (my translation): "The
community fo Novigrad never passed any decesion on the flag and
the Coat of Arms even though it uses them. In the year 1811 by
the decree of the Governor-General of the Illyrian Provinces,
Bertrand in Ljubljana, the community of Novigrad was established.
It begun funcionin on 1st January 1812 comprising also the nearby
villages of Starigrad, Seline, Jasenice, Kruševo, Karin
Gornji, Karin Donji, Popovici, Biljane Gornje, Biljane Donje,
Smiljcic, Kašic, Islam Latinski, Islam Grcki, Paljuv,
Podgradina, Posedarje (since 1813), Slivnica, Vinjerac,
Pridraga."
Anyway, this would mean that my assuption that the central
authorities approved the design was wrong. However, when the
community finaly asks for approval, I see no reason that they
would be refused.
Željko Heimer, 23 July 2006
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image by Željko Heimer, 8 January 2006
