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image by Željko Heimer, 26 August 2000
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Stupnik - Community in 'Zagrebacka zupanija', formed in 1995
by extracting from the City of Zagreb (at the time with status of
a county). Being close to Zagreb, and yet not affected by the
higher taxes there, and also several important highways from
Zagreb towards coast passing through it, it is a prosperous small
new community.
It is usual in Croatia that the cities and communities have the
same name as their seat of administration (their
"capital"), however there are some exceptions. Such is
the case of Stupnik, with seat of administration in a village (or
small town) called Donji Stupnik.
The coat of arms is: Azure, a column Argent enarched with five
Mullets [of Six] Or. The coat of arms is canting - 'stup' meaning
a column, while the five stars are presumably for the five
settlements forming the community (though, the official lists I
have count them only four).
The flag is blue (medium blue) with the coat of arms (of
noticeably lighter blue shade) in the middle bordered with
yellow.
The coat of arms and the flag are presumably adopted in late
1990's - they certainly follow the Croatian rules for the
adopting of new symbols. My image is based on a photo I took of
the flag hoisted on the community building in Donji Stupnik on 26
June 2000, and on several official notes showing the coat of
arms. The accuracy of my drawing is somewhat lower the usual (let
say 'fair'), since I made drawing for a photo of a flying flag
Željko Heimer, 26 August 2000
The new statutes of the community describe the coat of arms
and the flag: Statut Opcine Stupnik, 26.01.2006, Glasnik
Zagrebacke županije, br. 2/2006, 03.02.2006.
The five stars are not representing the villages, as I previously
though, but are said to be five six-pointed stars that are found
in the aureol of St. John Nepomuk, the patron of the Stupnik
parish.
Željko Heimer, 31 July 2006
Coat of Arms and flag designed by Heraldic Art d.o.o from
Rijeka and approved by the Ministry of Administration/Central
State Office for Administration before 2006.
Željko Heimer, 23 May 2008
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image by Željko Heimer, 26 August 2000