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Page created: 16th September 2000 Last updated: 30th December 2019
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Map of the Karlovac County.

Karlovac County - Cities

Karlovačka županija - općine

1. Karlovac
   • Karlovac, variant
   • Skakavac, 1993 – 2006
2. Duga Resa
   • Duga Resa, 1994 – 1998
3. Ogulin
4. Ozalj
   • Ozalj, 1994 – 2002
5. Slunj
   • Slunj, 1995 – 1997

Since 1993 the Croatian legislation allows the units of local self-government (counties, cities and communities) to have their coat of arms and flag, however these may be legally used only after they are approved by a central state authority. The a flag of a city or community should be of a one colour field with the coat of arms in the centre or offset towards hoist. Some exceptions from this rule are tolerated for the cities with traditional flag established before these rules were made. The coat of arms must follow also a set of rules to be approved. Some cities and communities use unapproved designs nevertheless. See more on the approval dates. Prior to 1993 the coats of arms and flag were not regulated by state legislation.
The official bazon (heraldic descripton) of the coats of arms and descriptions of the flags are according to the approval text of the central state authority, other description according to other city documents.
In the administrative reform of 1997 several new communities were formed split off from older communities, while at the same time the communities of Vojnić and Lasinja were added to Karlovac County, respectively from Sisak and Moslavina County. In 2003 the community of Kamanje was formed from part of the community of Žakanje. In 2006 the community of Skakavac was included into the city of Karlovac.

• Karlovac County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Karlovac

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The coat of arms was granted by King Joseph II on 8^th October 1781. It consists of an oval shield divided per fess, the upper part per pale. The first is chequy Gules and Argent (Croatia), the second Gules, two anchors Argent in saltire, and the third contains a landscape showing the fortified city of Karlovac on a green hill between two silver conjoining rivers Kupa and Korana, in the chief are the Sun in splendour Or and the Moon increscent Argent. In escutcheon Or the cipher of Joseph II Sable. The coat of arms is crowned Or, and supported by two mermaids proper.
The flag is first formally adopted in 1993; it is cyan (blueish-green) with the coat of arms in the centre. The cyan is traditional colour of Karlovac. The virtually same flag is used since at least 1991 and possibly also before, adopted as the community flag in 1992.

* Note: the official blazon in the Ministry approval was simply copied from city decisions; the approval was granted prior to the establishment of the Coats of Arms and Flags Approval Commission, and unlike the subsequent approvals, it does not contain the heraldic blazon written by an expert.

Karlovac, variant

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As it may be expected, the complex historical coat of arms is used in different representations. One very good example of representing the artwork like from the original 1781 grant is recently used as shown here. Flags with the coat of arms rotated as for the vertical hoisting, but still hoisted on stafs along the shorter edge, with the city name above and below the arms were used for a period since 1995 for public display on lamp-posts.

Duga Resa

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The coat of arms of Duga Resa is Vert six bars wavy Argent. The flag is green with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it. The coat of arms depict the abundance of vigorous rivers surrounding the city. There is also a ceremonial flag. Table flags are in form of the ceremonial flag endign triangularly with the coat of arms inthe centre, the linden and oak branches below and the city name inscribed in two arches above.

Duga Resa, 1994 – 1998

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The coat of arms of Duga Resa adopted in 1994 was per fess wavy azure and vert, in the first a curl or and in the base chequy gules and argent. The curl is a typical details from traditional folk costumes and it is symbolic for the cotton industry in the city. The green wavy stripe represents the river Mrežnica. The flag was white and blue bicolour with the coat of arms in the centre.

Ogulin

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The coat of arms is Gules, Bars-Gemels Argent, in chief a Mullet of Six Or and in base a Latin Cross of the same. The mullet is called in the official description the Frankopan star, showing that it originates from the family arms of the Frakopans, once rulers of the city.
The flag is red with the coat of arms set in the centre bordered with yellow outline. The ceremonial flag is also red with the coat of arms set between two silver towers, above is skyline of the Klek Mountain with its characteristic shape, all in a wreath of an oak and a linden branch, and with inscribed name of the city below. The description of the ceremnoial flag is different in the official gazette (positioning the charges in the canton) and some table flags were made with the towers being golden.

Ozalj

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The coat of arms of Ozalj is gules a tower or and in the cheif dexter a key argent in pale wards down to dexter and in the chief sinister a sickle also argent in pale blade to sinister. The tower is representation o fthe entrance tower of the Zrinski castel of Ozalj. The sickle is from the coat of arms from the 16/17th century seal of the town of Vivodina. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the centre. The ceremonial flag is a yellow gonfalon with the coat of arms in the centre, a green inscription of the city name above and green vine ornaments with light yellow bunches of grapes in the three rectangular tails. Table flags are vertical yellow rectangular flags with the coat of arms in the centre and the city name inscribed red above the arms in a line and below it in an arch.

Until 1997 Ozalj had status of a community.

Ozalj, 1994 – 2002

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The coat of arms originally adopted is blue divided hrozintally, bootom vertically, in the top white drawing of the Ozalj castle, bottom dexter in an escutscheon slanted Frankopan (gules two lions rampant reguardant breaking a bread or) and sinister in an escutscheon slanted sinister Zrniski (per pale gules two wings sable and gules a tower issuant from a wall argent and in the chief two mullets or). The flag was yellow with the coat of arms in the centre and a line of Croatian cheques along the hoist.

Slunj

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The coat of arms of Slunj is Gules, a Semi Lion rampant Or langued and armed of the field holding a sword Argent hilted and pommed of the second, issuant from a Water-mill Wheel of the third. Water mills are characteristic item on many waterfalls on the four rivers on which Slunj is lying: Slunjčica, Korana, Mrežnica and Glina. The flag is blue with the coat of arms set in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is a light blue gonfalon with the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the city above and linden and oak branches below it, with three tails containing circular oak ornaments. Table flags are rectangular vertical bordered golden with the coat of arms in the centre ornamented with an oak and a linden branch in saltire and beneath them a golden ribbon lined red inscribed with the city name.

Slunj, 1995 – 1997

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The coat of arms adopted initially was per fess azure two lions rampant reguardant holding a loaf of bread or and celeste a bend wavy between two mill wheels all or. The top part is derived from the coatof arms of Frankopan family, while the bottom represents the numerous waterfalls and their mills in Slunj. The flag was prescribed as "blueish-green" (cyan) as the bottom field of the arms, with that arms in the centre of it. In 1996 the colour of the flag was changed to red, retaining the same coat of arms. /The coat of arms reconstructed from description.)

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